St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, demonstrating a good standard of education across various domains. The school fosters a positive and safe environment where pupils feel happy and engaged in their learning. Leadership is strong, with high expectations set for both students and staff, promoting a sense of belonging and responsibility among pupils. Communication with parents and the community is effective, contributing to a supportive educational ecosystem. While the school has many strengths, there are areas requiring improvement, particularly in managing low-level disruption in the classroom and enhancing the teaching of the relationships, sex, and health education curriculum. The school is actively working to ensure that all pupils, including those with special educational needs, have access to high-quality learning experiences that prepare them for life in modern Britain. Overall, the inspection indicates a positive trajectory for the school's performance since its last evaluation.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and safe at school.
• High expectations set by leaders for all pupils.
• Effective teaching of reading with a strong focus on phonics.
• Well-planned and ambitious curriculum that builds on prior learning.
• Strong parental engagement and positive relationships with the community.
• Commitment to pupils' spiritual and personal development.
• Supportive environment for children in early years.

Areas for Improvement

• Occasional low-level disruption affecting learning.
• Inconsistent understanding of relationship education among pupils.

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, A Voluntary Academy attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.9% 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, 0.4% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 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 School, A Voluntary Academy had 25.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.7% 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, 8.5% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.4% 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 School, A Voluntary Academy received £6,499 and spent £6,733 for each of its 236 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £102,000 (£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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All schools in Mansfield · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

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

• St Philip Neri With St Bede Catholic Voluntary Academy Mansfield
• All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy Mansfield
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Mansfield
• Holy Cross Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy Hucknall
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Newark
• St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School Nottingham
• Christ The King Voluntary Academy Nottingham
• Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School Nottingham
• The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold Nottingham
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School Nottingham

What is St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy have?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has 247 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy cover?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is at Ling Forest Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 3NJ.