St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.332 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 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 | 0.332 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.332 miles, the shortest of the 14 Southampton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 0.85 miles.
- Reception last distances have swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2024 but further than in 2018.
- Reception 2026 drew 73 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families and 19 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 82% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fort Road, Southampton, SO19 2JE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 428 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are thriving at this exceptionally welcoming school, where everybody has a smile on their faces.”
- “Pupils enjoy an excellent all-round education.”
- “The school fully lives up to its high expectations for pupils to achieve their full potential and be ready to make a difference in the world.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2025 (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) | 82% | 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: 73 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 54 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 Southampton.
- Ludlow Infant Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woolston Infant School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ludlow Junior School 0.3 mi Not judged
- St Monica Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Weston Park Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sholing Infant School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sholing Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- Weston Shore Infant School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published