St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy

Sheffield · S5 0QF

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 285 pupils, 33.2% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy

General Information

Address: Barnsley Road, Sheffield Lane Top, Sheffield, S5 0QF – View on map
Phone: 01142456183
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Karen Dobson
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 30 families put it first for 31 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 15 · 2024 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

285 pupils out of 280 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 89
% eligible for free school meals: 33.2%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Sheffield average)
English as an additional language: 43% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 17.6% a year (Sheffield 12.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 19% moved to another school, 81% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, 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.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Sheffield: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 10 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 10 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (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 Sheffield, 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: 4.8%
Persistently absent pupils: 10.2%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 14.0%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 8% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 51 percentage points below the Sheffield average (59%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 31% against an expected 67%)
3-year average (expected standard): 31%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 68% · Writing 8% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 102
Based on: 40 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

This schoolSheffield averageEngland↘ Falling Down 30 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 51 percentage points below the Sheffield average (59%).

Year 6 SATs: 110th of 110 junior and primary schools in the area

=107St Joseph's Primary School30%
#109Fox Hill Primary13%
#110St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy8%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Totley Primary School92%
=2Bradfield Dungworth Primary School90%
=2Shortbrook Primary School90%
#4Loxley Primary School87%
#5Greengate Lane Academy85%
#6Oughtibridge Primary School84%
#7Dore Primary School82%
=8St John Fisher Primary, A Catholic Voluntary Academy81%
=8Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School81%
=10Carter Knowle Junior School80%
=10Nether Edge Primary School80%
#12St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy79%
=13Carfield Primary School78%
=13Norton Free Church of England Primary School78%
=13Prince Edward Primary School78%
#16St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School77%
=17Hallam Nursery & Primary School76%
=17St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy76%
#19St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam)75%
=20Athelstan Primary School73%
=20Westways Primary School73%
#22Angram Bank Primary School72%
=23Charnock Hall Primary Academy71%
=23Malin Bridge Primary School71%
=23Marlcliffe Community Primary School71%
=23St Mary's Church of England Primary School71%
=27Oasis Academy Watermead70%
=27Stocksbridge Junior School70%
=29Anns Grove Primary School69%
=29Halfway Junior School69%
=29Mosborough Primary School69%
=29Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy69%
=33Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School68%
=33Wisewood Nursery & Primary School68%
=35St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy67%
=35Walkley Primary School67%
=37Deepcar St John's Church of England Junior School66%
=37Rivelin Primary School66%
=39Clifford All Saints CofE Primary School65%
=39Grenoside Community Primary School65%
=39High Hazels Junior School65%
=39Lydgate Junior School65%
=43Coit Primary School64%
=43Hillsborough Nursery & Primary School64%
=43Pipworth Community Primary School64%
=43Southey Green Nursery & Primary School64%
=47Birley Spa Primary Academy63%
=47Lound Junior School63%
=47Woodthorpe Primary School63%
=50Birley Primary Academy62%
=50Bradway Primary School62%
=50E-ACT Pathways Academy62%
=50Lowfield Community Primary School62%
=54Intake Primary School61%
=54Meynell Nursery & Primary School61%
=54Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery61%
=57Nether Green Junior School60%
=57Woodseats Primary School60%
=59Abbeyfield Primary Academy59%
=59Ballifield Primary School59%
=59Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior School59%
=59Lowedges Primary Academy59%
=59Stradbroke Primary School59%
#64Nook Lane Junior School58%
=65Meersbrook Bank Primary School57%
=65Netherthorpe Primary School57%
=65St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy57%
=65Whiteways Primary School57%
=69Hucklow Primary School55%
=69Pye Bank CofE Primary School55%
=71Bankwood Primary School54%
=71Brunswick Community Primary School54%
=71Tinsley Meadows Primary School54%
=74Ecclesfield Primary School51%
=74Oasis Academy Don Valley51%
=76Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School50%
=76Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy50%
=76St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy50%
=79Gleadless Primary School49%
=79Phillimore Community Primary School49%
=81Brook House Junior48%
=81Owler Brook Primary School48%
#83Astrea Academy Sheffield47%
#84Woodhouse West Primary School46%
=85Acres Hill Community Primary School45%
=85Lower Meadow Primary School45%
=85Monteney Primary School45%
=85Rainbow Forge Primary Academy45%
=89Hartley Brook Primary School44%
=89Windmill Hill Primary School44%
=91High Green Primary School43%
=91Springfield Primary School43%
=93Arbourthorne Community Primary School42%
=93St Theresa's Catholic Primary School42%
#95Byron Wood Primary Academy41%
#96Mansel Primary40%
#97Woodlands Primary School39%
=98Greenhill Primary School38%
=98Hinde House 2-16 Academy38%
=98Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School38%
#101Oasis Academy Fir Vale37%
=102Norfolk Community Primary School36%
=102Parson Cross Church of England Primary School36%
=102Reignhead Primary School36%
#105Hatfield Academy35%
#106Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School33%
=107Beck Primary School30%
=107St Joseph's Primary School30%
#109Fox Hill Primary13%
#110St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy8%

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Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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