St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Littledale Avenue
Heysham
Morecambe
Lancashire
LA3 2ER
Phone 01524851766
Reference Number 119583

St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School in Heysham continues to perform well, retaining its status as a good school. Pupils express high satisfaction with their experience, citing feelings of safety and strong support from staff. The school offers an engaging curriculum that caters to the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Despite some notable successes, such as in early reading and the variety of extracurricular activities, the school recognizes that there are still areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that all subjects have clearly identified smaller components of knowledge for effective teaching.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 194
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.42%
Girls: 52.58%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 39.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 12 15 27
2 15 14 29
3 13 15 28
4 12 16 28
5 13 16 29
6 15 13 28

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 31.4%
White, Other 3.1%
African 3.1%
Asian, Other 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 21 Mar 2023
Date Report
21 Mar 2023 School inspection
09 Jan 2018 Short inspection
12 Mar 2014 Full inspection:
23 Sep 2013 Monitoring visit
18 Jun 2013 Monitoring visit
17 Dec 2012 Monitoring visit
25 Sep 2012 Full inspection:
13 Oct 2011 Monitoring visit
05 May 2010 Full inspection:
20 Oct 2008 Curriculum and development visit
30 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
01 Jul 2002 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils feel safe, secure, and well cared for.
  • The curriculum is exciting and ambitious, catering to all pupils.
  • Strong emphasis on reading, with effective support for those at risk of falling behind.
  • Teachers use strong subject knowledge to make learning memorable.
  • Extensive programme for pupils' wider development.
  • Pupils demonstrate good manners and respect towards adults and peers.

Areas for Improvement

  • In a small number of subjects, the curriculum lacks clarity on smaller components of knowledge.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 57%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.5
Writing -0.9
Maths -0.7

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 1
Third Preference 10 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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