St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett

Primary Ages 3-11 372 pupils Consett
Ofsted: Good
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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett is an academy converter in Consett for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 372 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett is Good, from an inspection in January 2019 of its predecessor, St Patrick's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Consett. In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 28 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: March 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Stanley Street
Consett
County Durham
DH8 6LN
Phone 01207503982
Reference Number 148914

General Makeup

Number of pupils 372
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.54%
Girls: 49.46%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 18.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 27.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 31 26 57
2 28 23 51
3 15 31 46
4 16 29 45
5 35 22 57
6 32 25 57

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.1%
White, Other 2.7%
White & Asian 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Mixed, Other 0.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.3%

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 Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Consett, inspected in January 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 18 Feb 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
18 Feb 2025 School inspection
08 Feb 2022 Academy conversion letter
24 Jan 2019 Short inspection
Previously as St Patrick's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Consett
09 Dec 2014 Full inspection:
14 Mar 2013 Monitoring visit
16 Jan 2013 Full inspection:
30 Nov 2009 Full inspection:
23 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
18 Feb 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 52%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5%

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 101

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 -1.7
Writing -0.3
Maths -2.9

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 16 0
Third Preference 16 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett had 374 pupils for 402 places. 28 places (7.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Consett Primary” planning area

County Durham counted 351 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 329 in 2029–30, down 6%.

2022202320242025
Places 402402402402
Pupils 381367367374
Unfilled 5.2%8.7%8.7%7.0%

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, Consett attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

202320242025
Authorised absence 3.4%3.3%2.9%
Unauthorised absence 1.1%1.1%1.2%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.3%

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, 1.5% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.20.53.73.2
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 School, Consett had 28.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2023202420252026
Pupils per adult 16.413.217.416.8
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%10.8%7.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 22.2%47.4%25.0%–
Sick days per teacher 0.55.21.8–

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, 14.0% of pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 17 2
Social, emotional and mental health 14 1
Specific learning difficulty 10 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 2
Other difficulty or disability 4 0
Physical disability 2 1
Moderate learning difficulty 2 0

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, Consett received £6,371 and spent £6,478 for each of its 400 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £97,000 (£243 per pupil).

Across all 46 schools of Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, income was £7,708 and spending £7,760 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202320242025
Revenue reserve £75,000£111,000£97,000
per pupil £184£283£243
In-year balance -£109,000£7,000-£43,000
per pupil -£269£18-£107

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
Consett Infant School
Teasdale Street, Consett, County Durham, DH8 6AF
0.11 miles
Delta Independent School
Parliament Street, Consett, County Durham, DH8 5DH
0.29 miles
Consett Junior School
Beechdale Road, Consett, County Durham, DH8 6AY
0.3 miles
Beechdale Nursery School
Beechdale Road, Consett, DH8 6AY
0.31 miles
Delves Lane Primary School
Delves Lane, Consett, County Durham, DH8 7ES
0.98 miles
Leadgate Primary School - Split Site
Alder Grove and West Street, Leadgate, West Street, Consett, County Durham, DH8 7RH
0.99 miles
Benfieldside Primary School
Moorlands, Blackhill, Consett, County Durham, DH8 0JX
1.01 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill
Pemberton Road, Blackhill, Consett, County Durham, DH8 8JD
1.07 miles
The Grove Primary School
Oakfield Lane, The Grove, Consett, County Durham, DH8 8AP
1.19 miles
St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, Consett
Thornfield Road, The Grove, Consett, County Durham, DH8 8AX
1.3 miles
Hassockfield Secure Training Centre
Corbridge Road, Consett, DH8 6QY
1.33 miles
Our Lady and St Joseph Brooms Catholic Primary School, Leadgate
St Ives Road, Leadgate, Consett, County Durham, DH8 7SN
1.36 miles
Shotley Bridge Primary School
Snows Green Road, Shotley Bridge, Consett, County Durham, DH8 0ES
1.5 miles
Moorside Primary Academy
Chester Road, Moorside, Consett, County Durham, DH8 8EQ
2.07 miles
Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School
Manor Road, Medomsley, Consett, County Durham, DH8 6QN
2.14 miles
Castleside Primary School
Moorland Crescent, Castleside, Consett, County Durham, DH8 9RG
2.42 miles
Ebchester CofE Primary School
Shaw Lane, Ebchester, Consett, County Durham, DH8 0QB
2.62 miles
Collierley Nursery and Primary School
Front Street, Dipton, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 9DJ
3.11 miles
Catchgate Primary School
Blackett Street, Catchgate, STANLEY, County Durham, DH9 8LX
3.33 miles
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton
North Road, Dipton, Flint Hill, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 9BB
3.56 miles
Name Distance
Consett Academy
Ashdale Road, Consett, County Durham, DH8 6LZ
0.19 miles
Derwentside College
Front Street, Consett, County Durham, DH8 5EE
0.43 miles
Villa Real School
Villa Real Road, Consett, County Durham, DH8 6BH
0.48 miles
Croft Community School
Greencroft Road End, Annfield Plain, Stanley, DH9 8PR
3.4 miles
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester
Consett Road, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0RD
3.84 miles

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

The latest Ofsted rating for St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett is Good, from an inspection in January 2019 of its predecessor, St Patrick's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Consett.

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

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett was last inspected in March 2025.

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

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett has 372 pupils on roll.

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

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

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

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett?

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett is at Stanley Street, Consett, County Durham, DH8 6LN.

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