St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

School overview

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Doncaster, Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 114 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 21.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 97 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Competition for places is real here - 94% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (18 first choices for 17 places). Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 19.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% 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.