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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Graeme Hawes

location_onTelford, TF1 3ER

language Visit Website phone 1952386160

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2018

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Students

238

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Expected Standard

69%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Telford, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 31% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Telford, Telford and Wrekin, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 238 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 3% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #30 of 52 primaries in Telford and Wrekin and #7,719 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 15.3%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.4 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 60%England 61%

Reading84% LA 74% · Eng 74%

Writing75% LA 72% · Eng 72%

Maths78% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

63%

LA 60%England 60%

Reading91% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing78% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths69% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.3

Read

LA 0.3

-0.9 to 3.6

1.2

Write

LA 0.1

-0.9 to 3.4

-0.7

Maths

LA -0.3

-2.8 to 1.5

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

65%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading81% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing81% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths84% LA 76% · Eng 79%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.4

Read

LA -0.5

-2.7 to 1.8

-1.1

Write

LA -0.2

-3.1 to 1.0

-2.3

Maths

LA -0.8

-4.3 to -0.3

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

55%

LA 64%

Reading74% LA 74%

Writing77% LA 76%

Maths71% LA 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.6

Read

LA 0.1

-3.8 to 0.6

0.1

Write

LA -0.1

-2 to 2.2

-2.6

Maths

LA -0.4

-4.6 to -0.6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 January 2024

Inspection Report

08 November 2018

Inspection Report

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09 October 2013

Inspection Report

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12 October 2011

Inspection Report

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21 October 2008

Inspection Report

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12 October 2005

Inspection Report

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01 November 1999

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2018-11-08

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2013-10-09

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2011-10-12

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.2%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.4%(1 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 242 pupils. During this period, there were 3 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.2%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2023/24 (Summer term)	242	3	1.2%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	231	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	227	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	243	1	0.4%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	238	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	233	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	246	2	0.8%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	247	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	240	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	257	3	1.2%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	248	1	0.4%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	242	8	3.3%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	256	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	256	4	1.6%	0.4%	1
2019/20 (Autumn term)	252	6	2.4%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	267	2	0.7%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	257	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	250	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	255	1	0.4%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	254	2	0.8%	0.4%	1
2017/18 (Autumn term)	242	1	0.4%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	249	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	251	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	243	0	0.0%	0.5%	0