St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders and staff routinely promote the importance of high attendance."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children in the early years settle quickly and learn well from the start."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have created a programme of personal development that is extensive and tailored carefully to the school's context and pupils' aspirations."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils usually achieve well across the curriculum, although there are some slight variations across different year groups and subjects."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is well planned and sequenced with clear endpoints across the range of subjects."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have well-established systems in place to identify and assess the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear understanding of the school's strengths and the aspects of provision that need further development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders need to ensure that the curriculum is delivered and adapted equally well across all subjects so that all pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), can achieve their potential"; "Leaders need to ensure that all teachers use checks of pupils' learning effectively to inform pupils' next steps"; "Those responsible for governance need to ensure that their oversight of the provision is sufficiently detailed across all their areas of responsibility so that they can hold leaders to account fully".

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 84% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 73% in Nottingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (81% in reading, 84% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 43 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School are South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 85% reading, 85% maths); Victoria Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 62% reading, 60% maths); Greenfields Community School (0.7 miles, Good, 79% reading, 76% maths); and Welbeck Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 86% reading, 86% maths).

St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School is one of 36 schools run by Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

In 2026, 28 pupils (14.3%) received SEN support and 2 (1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Wilford Village Tram Stop, about 130 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coronation Avenue, 30 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School are The Nottingham Emmanuel School (0.2 miles), The Becket School (0.5 miles), Clayfield House (0.9 miles) and Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology (1.1 miles).