St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Farnborough, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Farnborough, Hampshire for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Patrick's Catholic Primary 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The published admission number for Reception 2026 is 30 places, and 3 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Whitefriars, Avenue Road, Farnborough, GU14 7BW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 250 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive happily each morning knowing they will learn plenty and have fun with their friends.”
- “They learn the difference between right and wrong at a very early stage.”
- “Strong relationships ensure that pupils learn in a calm, nurturing and inclusive environment.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers need further support to ensure they have strategies to ensure all pupils learn as well as they could in all subjects.”
- “However, some members of staff do not have the sharpness of professional understanding that is necessary.”
- “This means that a few pupils who are struggling to learn to read are not given the precise support they need.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 55% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School 0.2 mi Good
- North Farnborough Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South Farnborough Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- South Farnborough Infant School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cherrywood Community Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tower Hill Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published