St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Whitehouse Road, Bircotes, Doncaster, DN11 8EF
This school is closed (it closed in May 2023).
It was replaced by St Patrick's Catholic Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ann-Marie McGough
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hallam
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bassetlaw
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 106
- URN
- 122816
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
About this school
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Doncaster. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 106 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 |
| Writing progress | +2.60 |
| Maths progress | -3.80 |
How St Patrick's Catholic Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.6% | 50.5% | 106 | — |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | 43% | 5.9% | 45.2% | 134 | 0.0 miles |
| Harworth Church of England Academy | 75% | 5.3% | 27.3% | 210 | 0.6 miles |
| Bawtry Mayflower Primary School | 65% | 4.3% | 19.6% | 216 | 1.8 miles |
| Tickhill St Mary's Church of England Primary and Nursery School | 67% | 3.7% | 12.8% | 226 | 2.5 miles |
| Tickhill Estfeld Primary School | 71% | 4.3% | 6.8% | 218 | 2.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.5%
- English as an additional language
- 17.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.6%
- Persistent absence
- 14.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Harworth Church of England Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Bawtry Mayflower Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Tickhill St Mary's Church of England Primary and Nursery School2.5 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Tickhill Estfeld Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Doncaster
Other schools in Doncaster
- Adwick Primary School Primary
- Arksey Primary School Primary
- Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy Primary
- Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy Primary
- Askern Moss Road Infant Academy Primary
- Atlas Academy Primary
- Auckley Primary Academy Primary
- Balby Central Primary Academy Primary
- Barnburgh Primary Academy Primary
- Barnby Dun Primary Academy Primary
- Bawtry Mayflower Primary School Primary
- Beckingham Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does St Patrick's Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Doncaster.
- Has St Patrick's Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Patrick's Catholic Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is St Patrick's Catholic Primary School?
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School had 106 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are St Patrick's Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Patrick's Catholic Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 12 September 2023.