St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy

Term dates

We haven't checked Stockton-on-Tees's term dates yet. See the school's website.

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 99 families put this school as their first choice, and 109 places were offered. 99 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 13 January 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 14 September 2021. Overall: Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

567 (capacity 556)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Middlesbrough

Academy trust

NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01642613327

Address

Baysdale Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9DE

Website

stpatricks.npcat.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports