Secondary · TS17 · Stockton-on-Tees

St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy

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

NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance93.3%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.18
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils567

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Latest visit (Mar 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, personal development and wellbeing and leadership and governance expected standard; attendance and behaviour strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

Improved from Inadequate (16 May 2018).

  1. Previous gradedInadequate

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in TS17. Where we have them, council (Stockton-on-Tees) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
567
Free school meals
39.5%
10.2% above district average (29.3%)

Also: Stockton-on-Tees 28.7% · England 25.8%

SEN
12.5%
8.1% below district average (20.6%)

Also: Stockton-on-Tees 17.3% · England 16.5%

EAL
8.5%
0.6% below district average (9.1%)
Attendance
93.3%
1.2% below district average (94.5%)

Also: Stockton-on-Tees 91% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
19.2%
Progress 8
-0.18 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
40.3
Grade 5+ English & maths
30.7%
Grade 4+ English & maths
48.9%
Entered for EBacc
26.1%
EBacc average point score
3.34

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the TS17 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2193%
  • 2021/2288.2%
  • 2022/2387%
  • 2023/2490.1%
  • 2024/2592.3%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
556
Pupils on roll
567

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Stockton-on-Tees page.

SEN support

SEN %
12.5%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates