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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Voluntary aided
Todholes Road, Cleator Moor CA25 5DG · st-pats.co.uk · 01946 810513
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cumberland 56%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 271
- 1 over 270 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 29.5%
- First language not English
- 4.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 39 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Cumberland it was 56%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jul 2024 found: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 11 Jul 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Sept 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 44
- 17% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 59% who raised concerns
based on the 11% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (32%) with SEND