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Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Harrison Road, Leicester LE4 6QN · st-patricks.leicester.sch.uk · 0116 266 1149
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 43%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leicester 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 221
- 92% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.5%
- First language not English
- 67%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 24 families put the school first and 24 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 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Leicester it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼43% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120223)
Ofsted
Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 2 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2015
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120223), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120223)
Jun 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120223)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 46
- 21% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied