St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School is a smaller-than-average Catholic primary in the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust. This full section 5 inspection found safeguarding standards met and strong standards in attendance and behaviour, early years, and personal development and wellbeing. Pupils are proud, safe and happy; they behave extremely well, attendance is high, and early years provision is high-quality, particularly in early reading and phonics. Achievement, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, and leadership and governance are judged at the expected standard. Pupils generally achieve well, with outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics in line with or above national averages by the end of Year 6. However, some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, do not progress as well as they could because curriculum adaptations are not consistently precise, and checks of learning are not used effectively by all teachers. Leadership has a clear view of priorities and staff feel well supported, but governors do not always provide sufficiently detailed challenge or evaluate the impact of improvement work. Next steps focus on ensuring the curriculum is delivered and adapted equally well across all subjects, that all teachers use assessment checks effectively, and that governance oversight is robust across all areas.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture where concerns are actively identified and managed.
• Attendance and behaviour are strong: pupils attend well, arrive on time, and behave extremely well around school.
• Pupils are proud, safe and happy, and bullying is rare; staff help pupils resolve disagreements quickly.
• Early years provision is strong, with children settling quickly and achieving a good level of development.
• Phonics and early reading are taught consistently well, helping pupils make sustained progress.
• Personal development and wellbeing are strong, with an extensive programme preparing pupils for life in modern Britain.
• Inclusion is effective, with well-established SEND systems and a successful Beehive provision.
• Leadership has a clear understanding of strengths and priorities, and staff feel valued and supported.
• Pupils achieve well overall, with attainment in reading, writing and mathematics generally in line with or above national averages.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum adaptations are not applied consistently across all subjects and year groups, limiting progress for some pupils, including those with SEND.
• Checks of pupils' learning are not used consistently by all teachers to inform next steps.
• Some disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND do not achieve as well as they could because curriculum adaptations lack precision.
• Governors do not always provide sufficient challenge or evaluate the impact of improvement work well enough.
• There are slight variations in achievement across different year groups and subjects.

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 and Nursery School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were 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 and Nursery School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 14.3% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% 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 2024–25 St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School received £7,653 and spent £8,151 for each of its 202 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £88,000 (£434 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,555 and spending £7,362 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School is part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 35 schools. The nearest others:

• The Becket School West Bridgford
• St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School Nottingham
• Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary Academy Nottingham
• St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy Nottingham
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School Nottingham
• Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy Nottingham
• The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy Nottingham
• St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Nottingham
• The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold Nottingham

What is St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School have?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School has 196 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School cover?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School is at Coronation Avenue, Wilford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG11 7AB.