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St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy

Primary · Stockton-on-Tees · TS17 6NE

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 13 March 2023

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At a glance

404 pupils · 144% of 280 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
30.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://stpatrickscp.npcat.org.uk
URN
142282

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 38 families named it first for 38 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 13 March 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

38 places offered · 38 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
Stockton-on-Tees average66.5%
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
Ramsgate Arts Primary SchoolRamsgate · 248 miles awayGood73%
Barr View Primary & Nursery AcademyBirmingham · 141 miles awayGood71%
The Richmond Primary AcademySkegness · 118 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Newker Primary SchoolChester le Street · 24 miles awayGood69%
St Aloysius Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 101 miles awayGood78%
The St Augustine's AcademyWorksop · 86 miles awayNo current grade76%
Churchfields Primary SchoolNewcastle · 112 miles awayGood44%
Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary SchoolMorecambe · 72 miles awayRequires improvement53%
Greenwood Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 100 miles awayGood73%
Morven Park Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 100 miles awayGood59%
Bewley Primary SchoolBillingham · 5 miles awayGood68%
Gusford Community Primary SchoolIpswich · 200 miles awayGood55%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 66% (Stockton-on-Tees 80%, England 60%) · Black African 21% (Stockton-on-Tees 5%, England 5%) · Any other White background 2% (Stockton-on-Tees 2%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 2% (Stockton-on-Tees 0%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Stockton-on-Tees 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Stockton-on-Tees 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Stockton-on-Tees 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Stockton-on-Tees 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Stockton-on-Tees 4%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Stockton-on-Tees 1%, England 3%) · 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)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.6%
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 · Stockton-on-Tees: 2.27 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
22.8
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)

38.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.6 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 £51,861; 12.5% 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£5,465
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 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,000; in-year balance +£243,000

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work9.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways38.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health36.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier26.3%62.3%
Social housing40.4%17.1%
Privately rented33%20.5%
Detached houses6.5%22.9%
Flats6.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van55.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012286 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£114,500305 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£84,000–£138,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£175,000
Semi-detached (124)£132,500
Terraced (149)£90,000
Flat (17)£78,000

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
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an 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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