St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

About St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded, mixed Roman Catholic primary in Coventry, serving children aged 3 to 11. It sits within the Coventry local authority, where it ranks 35th out of 80 primary schools based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2. That places it just inside the bottom half of the LA, though it is worth noting that the top-performing peers in the area — St John Vianney Catholic Primary, Manor Park Primary and Finham Primary — all score higher on the same metric. The school is led by headteacher Danielle Kingham and has 232 pupils on roll, exceeding its official capacity of 210. It also offers nursery provision. In its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in 2021, the school was rated Good overall, a clear improvement from its previous rating of Requires Improvement in 2018.

Academically, St Patrick's delivers a mixed picture. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — slightly above the Coventry LA average of 58%. However, only 3% reached the higher standard in all three subjects. Individual subject results show 77% of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading, 87% in writing and 67% in maths, with higher-standard attainment at 27% in reading, 10% in writing and 27% in maths. Average scaled scores were 104 in both reading and maths. The school ranks in the bottom 50% nationally and regionally on the combined expected standard metric. Ofsted's breakdown from the 2021 inspection is more encouraging: personal development was judged Outstanding, while quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and early years provision were all rated Good.

The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 55 applications for 28 places, with 26 first-preference offers made. Facilities include a chapel, forest school, sensory room, music rooms, library, ICT suite, playing fields and an outdoor playground. Sports on offer are cricket, netball, rounders, athletics and gymnastics, and clubs include drama, gardening and film club. SEND provision covers moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families seeking a Catholic primary in Coventry with a strong personal development focus and a nursery on site, St Patrick's is a solid, improving option — though those prioritising top-tier academic results may want to look at higher-ranked peers in the LA.

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