St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School demonstrates strong overall performance with a notable commitment to inclusivity and the personal development of its pupils. The school's leadership fosters a positive culture where safeguarding practices are effective and pupils feel safe. Noteworthy is the extensive curriculum for personal, social and health education, which incorporates inclusivity and supports all students, including those with special educational needs or disabilities. Pupil outcomes are generally in line with national averages, particularly for younger pupils who make rapid progress in their early learning stages. However, there are areas of concern regarding the consistency of teaching effectiveness across subjects, where progress for some pupils is slower than desired due to unresolved misconceptions in learning.

Strengths

• Strong leadership fostering an inclusive school culture
• Effective safeguarding practices ensuring pupil safety
• Extensive PSHE curriculum enhancing personal development
• Good participation in extracurricular activities
• Most pupils demonstrate positive behavior and manners

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of checks on pupils' learning to address misconceptions
• Some teaching approaches are not effectively implemented across the school

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 attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.2% 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, 3.9% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 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 had 20.1 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, 22.2% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 received £7,614 and spent £7,695 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £108,000 (£473 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Romero Catholic Academy, income was £7,461 and spending £7,446 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 School is part of The Romero Catholic Academy, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Coventry
• SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School Coventry
• St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Coventry
• Good Shepherd Catholic School Coventry
• St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Coventry
• Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Coventry
• Corpus Christi Catholic School Coventry

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

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

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

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

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

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School has 234 pupils on roll.

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

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

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Patrick's Catholic Primary School?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is at Deedmore Road, Wood End, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 1EQ.