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St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Nottingham · NG11 7AB

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 30 June 2026 · report published 22 July 2026

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At a glance

196 pupils · 92% of 214 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
28.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-patricks.nottingham.sch.uk/
URN
139490

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 30 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 19 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers69%
Nottingham average62.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Rivendell Flying High AcademyNottingham · 4 miles awayOutstanding71%
Boothstown Methodist Primary SchoolManchester · 66 miles awayNeeds attention39%
St Anne's Catholic Voluntary AcademyBuxton · 39 miles awayGood53%
St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 105 miles awayExpected standard90%
Mersham Primary SchoolAshford · 154 miles awayNeeds attention52%
Horsforth Featherbank Primary SchoolLeeds · 65 miles awayOutstanding87%
Crookhill Community Primary SchoolRyton · 143 miles awayGood70%
St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic AcademyKnaresborough · 76 miles awayGood68%
Woodford Green Primary SchoolWoodford Green · 104 miles awayOutstanding93%
Paddocks Primary SchoolNewmarket · 80 miles awayGood71%
Robert Miles Junior SchoolNottingham · 9 miles awayNo current grade65%
Wallisdean Junior SchoolFareham · 144 miles awayExpected standard61%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 33% (Nottingham 12%, England 5%) · White British 24% (Nottingham 34%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 11% (Nottingham 6%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 9% (Nottingham 5%, England 4%) · Any other White background 6% (Nottingham 7%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Nottingham 11%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Nottingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Nottingham 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Nottingham 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Nottingham: 2.95 suspensions and 0.05 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
20.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.8 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 £54,330; 20% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,490
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance -£36,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.5%62.3%
Social housing1.1%17.1%
Privately rented15.4%20.5%
Detached houses45.9%22.9%
Flats5.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013901 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£220,000207 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£185,500–£305,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (37)£450,500
Semi-detached (49)£230,000
Terraced (106)£206,500
Flat (15)£120,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
13an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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