St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Coventry

Ofsted's report card from its 10 March 2026 inspection grades St Patrick's Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have implemented a carefully thought through and extensive curriculum for personal, social and health education (PSHE) across the school, which incorporates the values of the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Generally, pupils achieve well from their starting points at St Patrick's."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have focused on improving pupils' attendance and punctuality by working closely with families to build trust and positive relationships."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children make a positive start in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established an inclusive culture across the school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a distinct moral purpose to provide high-quality education for all."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "At times, staff do not use checks on pupils' learning to maximise pupils' progress."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently and effectively use checks on pupils' learning to address misconceptions and help pupils apply prior knowledge to new learning"; "Leaders should ensure that monitoring is tightly focused to consistently embed intended teaching approaches across the school".

In its own words: "At St Patrick’s we help our pupils to develop a reverential attitude in their prayer life and to make prayer a natural part of their daily lives. Children are exposed to a variety of prayer experiences, both formal and informal, private and communal."

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 63% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Coventry and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 77% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 30 families put St Patrick's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 52 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 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 School are Moat House Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 62% reading, 64% maths); Potters Green Primary School (0.5 miles); Henley Green Primary (0.6 miles, Good, 55% reading, 57% maths); and St Laurences CofE Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 71% reading, 73% maths).

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is one of 8 schools run by The Romero Catholic Academy, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

14 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (as of April 2026): 79% would recommend the school, 79% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

29.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (46%), White British (25%) and Asian (9%).

In 2026, 52 pupils (22.2%) received SEN support and 11 (4.7%) 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.

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School had 14 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Coventry Arena Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Binton Road (opposite), 230 metres away.

In 2024/25, St Patrick's Catholic Primary School issued 14 suspensions, 6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to St Patrick's Catholic Primary School are Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School (0.3 miles), Grace Academy Coventry (0.6 miles), Lyng Hall School (1 mile) and Seva School (1.1 miles).