St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall, Walsall

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall on 7 areas: 5 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Across the school, younger pupils learn to read quickly, and this is shown in the positive outcomes in the Year 1 phonics screening check."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance is a success story of this school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have implemented an ambitious curriculum that is broad and balanced."

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

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and governors care deeply about the Catholic ethos and culture of the school."

Early years - Needs attention. "In the early years, some activities are not designed carefully enough and do not provide purposeful learning for children."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "The way the school approaches teaching pupils the personal, social and health education curriculum is variable."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that in the early years, all activities are carefully designed and implemented to maximise learning both indoors and outdoors"; "Leaders should improve the effectiveness of their personal development programme to ensure that pupils develop a secure understanding of fundamental British values and protected characteristics"; "Leaders should ensure that teaching is consistently high quality across all year groups, so that standards are increased and pupils deepen their learning".

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall reached the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Walsall and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 94% in reading and 78% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall as their first choice and 52 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall are Birchills Church of England Community Academy (0.2 miles, Good, 53% reading, 42% maths); Croft Academy (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, 63% reading, 90% maths); Butts Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 84% reading, 81% maths); and North Walsall Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 77% reading, 73% maths).

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

17 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall (as of April 2026): 94% would recommend the school and 88% say their child is happy there.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (94%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (82%).

33.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 54.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (44%), Asian (15%) and Mixed (12%).

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 11 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Walsall Rail Station, about 560 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Walsall Magistrates Court (opposite), 140 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 711 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Walsall (297), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall issued 8 suspensions, 3.6 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, Walsall are Queen Mary's High School (0.4 miles), Walsall Studio School (0.5 miles), Blue Coat Church of England Academy (0.7 miles) and West Walsall E-ACT Academy (1.1 miles).