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St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy

Primary · Elland · HX5 0QY

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Good

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: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 June 2024

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At a glance

106 pupils · 91% of 117 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
18.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
37% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stpatselland.org.uk/
URN
148658

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 0.298 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 18 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

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

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.298 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
33%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school33%
Median of its 12 closest peers54%
Calderdale average62.3%
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
All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary AcademyThirsk · 43 miles awayGood50%
Park Street CofE Primary SchoolCambridge · 131 miles awayGood72%
Newtown Community Primary SchoolTrowbridge · 164 miles awayNo current grade47%
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolCheltenham · 124 miles awayGood55%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolReading · 158 miles awayGood (2015)63%
All Saints' CofE Primary School, PutneyLondon · 168 miles awayGood79%
Shield Road Primary SchoolBristol · 154 miles awayGood38%
St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham GreenHatfield · 151 miles awayRequires improvement50%
St Pauls CofE VA Primary SchoolCambridge · 132 miles awayNeeds attention38%
Marden Primary AcademyHereford · 113 miles awayGood63%
Sandridge SchoolSt Albans · 147 miles awayGood (2019)53%
Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolHitchin · 138 miles awayGood71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 56% (Calderdale 71%, England 60%) · Any other White background 34% (Calderdale 3%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Calderdale 1%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Calderdale 13%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Calderdale 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Calderdale 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Calderdale 1%, England 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)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.9%
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 · Calderdale: 2.79 suspensions and 0.07 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
34.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,179; 0% 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£8,057
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£97,000; in-year balance -£52,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier73%62.3%
Social housing15%17.1%
Privately rented12%20.5%
Detached houses25.6%22.9%
Flats9.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010903 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£215,000237 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£150,000–£300,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (45)£416,000
Semi-detached (75)£250,000
Terraced (99)£160,000
Flat (18)£117,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.48 km, 2020 entry): 69 sales, median £195,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
19an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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