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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · NW5 3AH

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 20 November 2024

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At a glance

114 pupils · 54% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
67.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
47.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stpatricks.camden.sch.uk/
URN
100045

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 0.86 first choices per place. We hold 16 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2010 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 20 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.86 first-choice applications per place

14 places offered · 12 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2017 entry)

Criterion not stated
0.2797 miles

2017 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2025.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

16 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Camden average75.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Alban's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood67%
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAccrington · 178 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Henry Fawcett Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood58%
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood59%
St Matthias Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood80%
Durham Gilesgate Primary SchoolDurham · 231 miles awayGood50%
St Clement and St James CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood71%
North Fawdon Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 248 miles awayGood57%
Merton Abbey Primary SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayGood67%
St Thomas' CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayOutstanding60%
Delta Primary SchoolEnfield · 7 miles awayOutstanding67%
Glenbrook Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayStrong standard71%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 27% (Camden 20%, England 60%) · Black African 25% (Camden 12%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 10% (Camden 8%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Camden 7%, England 3%) · Any other White background 7% (Camden 18%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 4% (Camden 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Camden 14%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Camden 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Camden 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Camden 3%, England 2%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 3% (Camden 0%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Camden 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Camden 1%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Camden 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Camden 4%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Camden 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.96 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Camden: 1.16 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
11.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 26% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £65,968; 27.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£16,994
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 17% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 12% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£341,863; in-year balance -£254,522

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher52.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier30.5%62.3%
Social housing36%17.1%
Privately rented32.8%20.5%
Detached houses0.7%22.9%
Flats80.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van68%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000922 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£650,000952 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£485,000–£960,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (39)£1,750,000
Terraced (168)£1,410,000
Flat (742)£574,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
21an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
141an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
15an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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