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St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · Roman CatholicStockton-on-Tees, North East · Stockton-on-Tees TS17 9DETrust: Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
567of 556 places
Free school meals
39.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
88
Ofsted
Report card, 13 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Patrick's Catholic College (URN 111759, until 1 September 2015).

What the data says

St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy has no sixth form. Of the 90 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 69% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

19% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.0 in Stockton-on-Tees, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Stockton-on-Tees and England.

This school
Stockton-on-Tees
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolStockton-on-TeesEngland
Pupils in the cohort902,269607,348
Any sustained destination77%89%92%
Stayed in education71%83%86%
— school sixth form0%14%34%
— sixth form college2%13%13%
— further education college69%54%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship3%3%3%
Employment2%3%3%
No sustained destination19%9%6%
Destination unknown4%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolStockton-on-TeesEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)40.345.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths31%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths49%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects26%39%41%
EBacc average point score3.343.974.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort42%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils33.435.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.349.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language16%7%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language8799%89%8%20%56%
Religious Studies8698%31%19%32%52%
Mathematics8698%88%12%22%58%
Combined Science8495%65%8%9%50%
English Literature8293%86%13%21%68%
Geography5057%41%4%25%36%
History3540%41%6%26%34%
French2225%18%9%29%41%
Textiles1011%2%0%27%90%
Fine Art1011%9%10%28%60%
Art and Design89%7%13%24%88%
Spanish33%19%27%
Chemistry11%23%47%
Biology11%23%45%
Computer Science11%13%30%
Physics11%23%46%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies39
Health Studies36
Engineering Studies21
Music performance: Group9
Speech and Drama7

Other secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees

Conyers School

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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.4

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.