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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Coventry · CV2 1EQ

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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: Needs attentionAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 10 March 2026 · report published 12 May 2026

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At a glance

234 pupils · 111% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
24% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
32.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-patricks.coventry.sch.uk/
URN
142215

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 10 March 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 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 30 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 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2024 entry)

Criterion 8 (non-catholic children)
0.33 miles

2024 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers65%
Coventry average60.3%
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
West Green Primary SchoolCrawley · 106 miles awayGood47%
Alban Wood Primary School and NurseryWatford · 68 miles awayGood74%
Chambersbury Primary SchoolHemel Hempstead · 65 miles awayNeeds attention41%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston · 106 miles awayGood47%
Batley Parish CofE Primary AcademyBatley · 89 miles awayRequires improvement68%
St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolWarrington · 81 miles awayGood66%
Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery SchoolEllesmere Port · 84 miles awayGood53%
Angel Road Junior SchoolNorwich · 117 miles awayGood68%
Whoberley Hall Primary SchoolCoventry · 4 miles awayGood64%
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Voluntary AcademyDoncaster · 78 miles awayGood71%
Greenslade Primary SchoolLondon · 93 miles awayGood75%
St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary AcademyThornton Heath · 92 miles awayRequires improvement51%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 37% (Coventry 14%, England 5%) · White British 25% (Coventry 37%, England 60%) · Any other White background 13% (Coventry 8%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 8% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Coventry 6%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 4% (Coventry 12%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Coventry 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Coventry 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Coventry 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Coventry 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.03 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Coventry: 3.39 suspensions and 0.04 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
22.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

61.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 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 £48,615; 21.4% 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£6,591
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 3% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£185,000

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.5%62.3%
Social housing6.5%17.1%
Privately rented15%20.5%
Detached houses10.6%22.9%
Flats4.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009586 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£200,000283 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£170,000–£240,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (19)£285,000
Semi-detached (145)£210,000
Terraced (97)£195,000
Flat (22)£116,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters 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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
11an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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