Marston Road, Stafford ST16 3BT
10 reasons to choose St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Stafford
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St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Stafford has a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. It is one of the best state primary schools in Stafford and one of the 5 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Stafford is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 15 members of The Painsley Catholic Academy. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2022) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Stafford has one class per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Stafford achieves above average attainment results. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 32% of schools.
The St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Stafford curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Stafford
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Stafford
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There may be some occasional extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.30pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Stafford
Stafford Preparatory School (2.4 miles); The Yarlet School (3.2 miles); St Dominic’s Priory School, Prep School (6.3 miles).
Leasowes Primary School (2.4 miles); Cooper Perry Primary School (2.6 miles); Oakridge Primary School (2.9 miles).
Stafford Grammar School (3 miles); St Dominic’s Priory School (7.1 miles); Chase Grammar School (11.1 miles).
Wolgarston High School (10.4 miles); Adams’ Grammar School (13.6 miles); St Joseph’s College (13.6 miles).