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St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy

Primary Ages 4-11 398 pupils Huddersfield
Ofsted: Good
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St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy is an academy converter in Huddersfield for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 398 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in October 2018 of its predecessor, St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Huddersfield. In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: June 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address George Avenue
Birkby
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD2 2BJ
Phone 01484300800
Reference Number 148659

General Makeup

Number of pupils 398
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.26%
Girls: 48.74%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 16.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 27.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 31 26 57
2 33 17 50
3 32 24 56
4 28 32 60
5 34 24 58
6 26 34 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 33.4%
Pakistani 20.1%
African 12.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 7.3%
Indian 7.3%
White, Other 5.8%
Mixed, Other 3.5%
White & Asian 2%
Unclassified 2%
Asian, Other 1.3%
White & Black (African) 1%
Caribbean 1%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Huddersfield, inspected in October 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 30 Apr 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
30 Apr 2024 School inspection
08 Jul 2021 Academy conversion letter
02 Oct 2018 Short inspection
Previously as St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Huddersfield
06 Nov 2013 Full inspection:
09 Jan 2012 Interim assessment
01 Feb 2011 Curriculum and development visit
22 Oct 2008 Full inspection:
14 Sep 2005 Full inspection:
14 Feb 2000 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 59%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

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 104
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 0.6
Writing 0.6
Maths 1.5

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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.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 24 2
Third Preference 27 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy had 412 pupils for 420 places. 8 places (1.9%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Huddersfield North Primary” planning area

Kirklees counted 451 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 423 in 2029–30, down 6%.

2022202320242025
Places 420420420420
Pupils 422419405412
Unfilled 0.0%0.2%3.6%1.9%

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 Academy attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2022202320242025
Authorised absence 5.2%3.9%3.9%3.8%
Unauthorised absence 0.7%0.8%0.9%1.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.3%0.3%0.8%

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, 0.2% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.5
Permanent exclusions 0001

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 Academy had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.112.313.513.212.5
Teachers who left state teaching 3.6%9.7%6.4%11.7%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 61.9%54.5%60.0%54.5%–
Sick days per teacher 13.310.412.114.6–

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, 12.3% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Other difficulty or disability 14 1
Speech, language and communication needs 12 2
Moderate learning difficulty 8 2
Specific learning difficulty 6 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 1
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Social, emotional and mental health 2 1
Hearing impairment 2 0
Severe learning difficulty 0 1

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 Academy received £5,915 and spent £5,632 for each of its 410 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £164,000 (£400 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of Blessed Peter Snow Catholic Academy Trust, income was £7,042 and spending £6,738 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2022202320242025
Revenue reserve £84,000£91,000£209,000£164,000
per pupil £199£217£520£400
In-year balance -£20,000-£34,000£18,000£116,000
per pupil -£48-£81£44£283

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.

Name Distance
The Mount School
3 Binham Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 2AP
0.16 miles
Birkby Infant and Nursery School
Blacker Road, Birkby, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 5HQ
0.39 miles
Brambles Primary Academy
Cambridge Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 5BU
0.51 miles
Birkby Junior School
Mead Street, Fartown, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 6HE
0.74 miles
Lindley Junior School
George Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3LY
0.86 miles
Lindley Church of England Infant School
Lindley Ce Infant School, East Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3NE
0.87 miles
Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School
Heaton Road, Paddock, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 4JJ
0.94 miles
Reinwood Junior School
Burfitts Road, Oakes, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 4YL
0.95 miles
Reinwood Infant and Nursery School
Burfitts Road, Oakes, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 4YL
0.95 miles
Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School
Bow Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 4BJ
1.03 miles
Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy
Luck Lane, Paddock, Huddersfield, HD3 4HA
1.05 miles
Fixby Junior and Infant School
Lightridge Road, Fixby, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 2HB
1.29 miles
Ashbrow School
Ash Meadow Close, Sheepridge, Ashbrow School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 1EX
1.44 miles
Mount Pleasant Primary School
Mount Street, Lockwood, Huddersfield, HD1 3QP
1.54 miles
Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School
Crow Lane, Milnsbridge, Crow Lane, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 4QT
1.55 miles
Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School
Rawthorpe Lane, Rawthorpe, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 9NT
1.66 miles
Oak CofE Primary School
Dryclough Road, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, HD4 5HX
1.68 miles
Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School
Rawthorpe Lane, Rawthorpe, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 9NT
1.79 miles
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary Academy
Bradley Boulevard, Sheepridge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 1EA
1.8 miles
Moldgreen Community Primary School
The Avenue, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 8AE
1.81 miles
Name Distance
Barraclough Hall School
Barraclough, 1 Bryan Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, HD2 2AL
0.19 miles
Greenhead College
Greenhead Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 4ES
0.76 miles
Huddersfield Grammar School
Royds Mount, Luck Lane, Marsh, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 4QX
0.81 miles
ES Independent School Kirklees
20 Greenhead Road, Huddersfield, HD1 4EN
0.83 miles
Royds Hall, A Share Academy
Luck Lane, Paddock, Huddersfield, HD3 4HA
1.06 miles
Kirklees College
Manchester Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 3LD
1.24 miles
Salendine Nook High School
New Hey Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 4GN
1.45 miles
North Huddersfield Trust School
Woodhouse Hall Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 1DJ
1.48 miles
Huddersfield New College
New Hey Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 4GL
1.52 miles
Woodley School and College
Off Dog Kennel Bank, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 8JE
1.82 miles
Netherhall Learning Campus High School
Nether Hall Avenue, Huddersfield, HD5 9PG
1.83 miles
Moor End Academy
Dryclough Road, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 5JA
1.91 miles
All Saints Catholic College
Bradley Bar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 2JT
1.92 miles
Pivot Academy
Technology House, Alexandra Court, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 1GN
2.14 miles
Newsome Academy
Castle Avenue, Newsome, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 6JN
2.25 miles
Castle Hill School
Newsome Road South, Newsome, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 6JL
2.26 miles
The William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form
Boothroyd, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, HD6 3JW
2.51 miles
The Brooksbank School
Victoria Road, Elland, West Yorkshire, HX5 0QG
2.56 miles
Fable House
Building 29, Brooke's Mill, Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield, HD4 7NR
2.68 miles
Compass Community School North
Long Lea House, 5 Halifax Road, Elland, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, HX5 0SH
2.74 miles

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

The latest Ofsted rating for St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in October 2018 of its predecessor, St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Huddersfield.

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

St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy was last inspected in June 2024.

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

St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy has 398 pupils on roll.

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

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

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy is at George Avenue, Birkby, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 2BJ.

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