St Patrick's RC High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.425 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Patrick's RC High School is a secondary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Patrick's RC High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.425 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.425 miles away, the shortest of 6 Salford secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.49 miles).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025, nearer than in 2015, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 12 years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 199 first-choice applications for 172 offers; 170 offers went to first-choice families and 29 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Salford.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Salford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 56 New Lane, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7JJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 912 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 25 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils belong to a calm, ambitious community where they are treated with dignity and respect.”
- “They greet adults warmly, hold doors open for visitors and their peers and talk about being 'proud to come here'.”
- “Older pupils see it as their responsibility to look after younger ones and to 'be a positive example'.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 199 first-preference applications, 172 offers in total, 170 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Salford.
- Salford City Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ellesmere Park High School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorside High School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Hallows RC High School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Walkden 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Swinton 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose Barlow RC High School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Buile Hill Academy 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published