| Motto | Caritas Christi Urget Nos 2 Corinthians 5:14 The Love of Christ Drives Us On |
|---|---|
| Established | 1959 |
| Type | Voluntary aided school |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Headteacher | Dr J Campbell |
| Chair | Mr T Carney |
| Specialisms | Technology, Leading Edge |
| Location | Mill Lane Hebburn Tyne and Wear NE31 2ET England |
| Local authority | South Tyneside |
| DfE URN | 108735 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 157 |
| Students | 1536 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Royal Blue and Gold |
| Former name | St. Joseph's Grammar School |
| Diocese | Hexham and Newcastle |
| Website | www.stjosephs.uk.net |
St. Joseph's R.C. Comprehensive School is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic secondary school in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, England.
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The school is a specialist Technology College and Leading Edge School and has been a Technology College since 1996, providing a commitment to a technology, ethos and culture. The school has shown a continuous improvement at all levels of public examination results, in particular maths, science and technology and has an increased proportion of Year 11 students staying on at Sixth Form. The school currently caters for students aged 11 to 18 and also a number of Vocational courses for 14 to 19 year olds.
It is the only secondary school in the local authority area that has a sixth form. The only other sixth form is found at South Tyneside College, which has a site next door. This school is situated next to St James RC church.
The school is on the B1306, near the A185 junction, in the south of Hebburn, one mile north of the terminus of the A194(M). It is on the district boundary with Gateshead. Further down Mill Lane until 1992 was the Monkton Coke Works.
The school opened as St. Joseph's Grammar Technical School in 1959, being officially opened on 9 June 1960 by James Cunningham, the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle. It was a grammar school with a technical focus (similar to a technical school) for catholic children in the north of County Durham, and the County Borough of South Shields. Further grammar technical schools were to be opened in Gateshead, Lanchester, Stockton and Whitley Bay.
St Joseph's became a comprehensive in 1974 when it merged with the neighbouring St James' RC Secondary Modern School, which was on the same site.
Austin Kane, Headmaster 1959? - 1974 James Vincent Curran, Headmaster 1974 - ?
Lord, help us to become the people you want us to be. In our School, may there be prayer,learning and humour,hard work, faith and friendship. May we respect everyone we meet, use our gifts and encourage each other. Send your angels to guide us and let your peace be with us and our families aways. We ask all these things through Christ our Lord, Amen.
The school performs well above the local authority average and currently holds the best GCSE and AS/A level scores in South Tyneside, with 84% of its students reaching grades A*-C at GCSE and an average AS/A level point score of 645.9.[1] The academic achievement, vocational and pastoral targets of the school was recognised by the DfES in the award of "Leading Edge" status in September 2003. An Ofsted report credited the students for "exemplary behaviour in lessons and throughout the school".[2]
At GCSE in 2010, the school came second in the local authority area, above the England average and second to another faith school, Whitburn Church of England Academy in Whitburn.
For a faith school, the results are quite low at A-level, although North East England is generally low-performing at age 18, compared to other regions.
Notable former pupils of St. Joseph's RC Grammar Technical School include: