Primary school

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

  • Voluntary Aided School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Waltham Forest
  • E17 7DP

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 13,313 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 89%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 33%33%2016/17: top 6%6% · 2016/172017/18: top 26%2018/19: top 54%2022/23: top 52%2023/24: top 39%2024/25: top 89%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM44% · London 72%1/10 Well below London−25.5 pts
Higher standard, RWM5% · London 12%2/10 Well below London−38.9 pts
Reading score104 · London 1071/10 Well below London−41.9 pts
Maths score104 · London 1072/10 Well below London−38.3 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 63% · 56 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 87% · 60 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 76% · 59 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 66% · 58 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 61% · 56 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 67% · 43 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 44% · 57 pupils · London 72%87%44%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 9% · 56 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 15% · 60 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 20% · 59 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 14% · 58 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 5% · 56 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 9% · 43 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 5% · 57 pupils · London 12%20%5%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 102 · 56 pupils · London 1032016/17: 107 · 60 pupils · London 1052017/18: 107 · 59 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 58 pupils · London 1062022/23: 103 · 56 pupils · London 1062023/24: 105 · 43 pupils · London 1072024/25: 104 · 57 pupils · London 107107102No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 105 · 56 pupils · London 1042016/17: 107 · 60 pupils · London 1062017/18: 106 · 59 pupils · London 1062018/19: 107 · 58 pupils · London 1072022/23: 105 · 56 pupils · London 1062023/24: 104 · 43 pupils · London 1062024/25: 104 · 57 pupils · London 107107104No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
24 of 24 who put it first2014 · 89.8%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2424
2nd120
3rd70

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Good
  2. 2011Good
  3. 2017Ungraded visit
  4. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · 2 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jun 2023

Strengths

  • “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
  • “Leaders have created a welcoming culture where pupils are kind and caring towards each other.”
  • “Pupils are proud of their school and enjoy learning.”

To improve

  • “In some subjects, leaders’ curricular thinking is not fully developed.”
  • “This limits pupils’ deeper subject-specific knowledge and understanding.”
  • “Leaders should ensure that curriculum plans in all subjects are fully embedded so that pupils develop their knowledge and skills securely.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026344
Free school meals (past 6 years)29.6%
First language not English42.7%
SEN support10.7%
EHC plan3.7%
Absence (sessions missed)5.4%
Persistently absent pupils15.0%

Girls 54.2%Boys 45.8%

74.8% full · 460 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.0
Pupils per adult9.8
  • Classroom teachers 16.7
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 13.8
  • Other support 14.1

Teachers 18.7 FTE · Whole workforce 46.6 · 66 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£8,873
Spend per pupil£8,808
Staff spend per pupil£6,866
Reserve per pupil£516
  • +£173,716revenue reserve
  • +£21,911in-year balance

Grants £8,296 · self-generated £578 · premises £462 per pupil