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St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy

Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees · TS17 9DE

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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: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 18 March 2026

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At a glance

567 pupils · 102% of 556 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
39.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://stpatricks.npcat.org.uk
URN
142281

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 99 families named it first for 109 Year 7 places, 0.91 first choices per place. We hold one Year 7 admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 13 January 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 7.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

109 places offered · 99 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: Year 7

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

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

88 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
40.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
48.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
30.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school40.3
Median of its 12 closest peers39.9
Stockton-on-Tees average45.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with 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.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
The Hereford Church of England AcademyHereford · 183 miles awayNeeds attention39.6
St Aidan's Church of England AcademyDarlington · 10 miles awayGood40
Nether Stowe SchoolLichfield · 130 miles awayNeeds attention38.7
UTC Derby Pride ParkDerby · 113 miles awayGood42
Oasis Academy ImminghamImmingham · 78 miles awayNeeds attention39.7
Wellfield AcademyLeyland · 82 miles awayNeeds attention37.7
Ark Greenwich Free SchoolLondon · 219 miles awayOutstanding68.2
The King's CofE AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 108 miles awayGood40.1
Berwick AcademyBerwick-upon-Tweed · 88 miles awayRequires improvement40.3
Irlam and Cadishead AcademyManchester · 89 miles awayGood43.6
South Wigston High SchoolWigston · 136 miles awayNeeds attention34.5
Carnforth High SchoolCarnforth · 66 miles awayNeeds attention39.8

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Stockton-on-Tees 81%, England 59%) · Black African 8% (Stockton-on-Tees 3%, England 5%) · Any other White background 1% (Stockton-on-Tees 2%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Stockton-on-Tees 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Stockton-on-Tees 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Stockton-on-Tees 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Stockton-on-Tees 2%, England 3%) · other groups together 2%

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)
7.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

74.18 suspensions per 100 pupils and 3 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Stockton-on-Tees: 51.49 suspensions and 0.58 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
17
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

71% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.9 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 £57,046; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,103
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 12% (11%) · educational supplies 3% (6%) · bought-in professional services 7% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,000; in-year balance +£648,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
77%
Continuing in education
71%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
2%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work21.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways23.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health51%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier48.2%62.3%
Social housing31.2%17.1%
Privately rented20.4%20.5%
Detached houses11.6%22.9%
Flats4.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van20.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012239 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£135,000369 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£115,000–£159,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (33)£190,500
Semi-detached (205)£140,500
Terraced (118)£120,500
Flat (13)£63,500

Homes around this school are among the cheapest 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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an 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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