St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School

St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Primary School demonstrates good overall effectiveness, with notable strengths in behavior and attitudes, as well as early years provision, rated outstanding. The school successfully fosters a respectful and inclusive environment where pupils are encouraged to meet high expectations. Parents play a supportive role and express positive sentiments regarding the individual attention their children receive. This first inspection since the school's status change to an academy reveals progress, particularly in the quality of education, despite some gaps in knowledge retention in a few subjects that were highlighted for improvement.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils.
• Early years provision is rated outstanding.
• Pupils exhibit exemplary behavior and attitudes towards learning.
• Staff effectively identify and support pupils with additional needs.
• Strong development of reading skills across all year groups.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, the sequence of knowledge introduced does not aid effective learning and retention.

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 Roman Catholic Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.9% 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, 1.0% of pupils at St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary 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 Roman Catholic Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 21.4% of pupils at St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.9% 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 Roman Catholic Primary School received £7,141 and spent £7,404 for each of its 304 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £131,000 (-£430 per pupil).

Across all 22 schools of St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust, income was £6,697 and spending £6,817 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 Roman Catholic Primary School is part of St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 27 schools. The nearest others:

• Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Rochdale
• St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Rochdale
• Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Rochdale
• St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Rochdale
• Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Rochdale
• St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Littleborough
• St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy Rochdale
• St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy Heywood
• St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester
• Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Heywood

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

The latest Ofsted rating for St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

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

St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

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

St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School has 304 pupils on roll.

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

St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School'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 Roman Catholic Primary School?

St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School is at Foxholes Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 0ET.