St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy

St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy at a glance

Located in Stockton-on-Tees, St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 550 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' when it was last inspected in January 2026. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 40.3 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

31% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 49% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy their first choice was offered one of its 109 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 77% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.9%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.