St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: North Road, Wellington, Telford, TF1 3ER – View on map
- Phone: 01952386160
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Graeme Hawes
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 17
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.9%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Telford and Wrekin average)
- English as an additional language: 50% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.3% a year (Telford and Wrekin 13.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Telford and Wrekin: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Telford and Wrekin, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
An Ofsted rating for this school hasn't been added yet.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 66% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Telford and Wrekin average (66%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 66% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 72% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 32 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 20th of 40 junior and primary schools in the area
- =18Wrekin View Primary School67%
- =20St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre66%
- =20St Patrick's Catholic Primary School66%
- =20St Peter's Bratton Church of England Academy66%
- =20Teagues Bridge Primary School66%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,106 (2024-25)
30th of 39 primary schools in Telford and Wrekin for spending per pupil
- #28Wrekin View Primary School£6,156
- #29Aqueduct Primary Academy£6,131
- #30St Patrick's Catholic Primary School£6,106
- #31St Peter's Bratton Church of England Academy£6,068
- #32St George's Church of England Primary School£5,994
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