St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School in Walsall demonstrates strong overall performance with notable achievements in reading and mathematics. The school maintains a positive community culture rooted in its Catholic ethos, which contributes to students feeling safe and valued. Attendance rates are commendable, and leaders are proactive in supporting pupils, especially those with special educational needs and disadvantaged backgrounds. However, the school also recognizes areas requiring improvement, particularly in the early years and personal development curriculum, with plans underway to address these weaknesses.

Strengths

• Pupils quickly learn to read with success in phonics lessons.
• Robust systems are in place for monitoring and improving attendance.
• Teachers offer effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• The school has an ambitious and well-structured curriculum.
• Strong pastoral care is evident throughout the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in early years activities may hinder some children's learning.
• Variability in the quality of teaching affects learning outcomes.
• Pupils' understanding of fundamental British values needs strengthening.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.7% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall had 13.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.0% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall received £7,869 and spent £7,761 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £131,000 (£624 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall is Needs attention, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall last inspected by Ofsted?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall have?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall has 223 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall cover?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall is at Blue Lane East, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 8HN.