St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Ryhope
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.43 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Ryhope is a primary school in Sunderland for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Ryhope 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 2025 | 2.43 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2025: the last child offered a place lived 2.43 miles away, the 25th longest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.89 miles).
- The Reception last distance in 2025 was nearer the school than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 22 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sunderland schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Smith Street, Ryhope, Sunderland, SR2 0RQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 184 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils embody the school’s values, including compassion and tolerance.”
- “They are proud to be part of the St Patrick’s community.”
- “Pupils have a keen sense of equality.”
To improve
- “However, assessment in some subjects is not used well to identify gaps in pupils’ learning and inform teaching.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2024 (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) | 58% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 22 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 Sunderland.
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ryhope Infant School Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ryhope Junior School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hill View Infant Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hill View Junior Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained
- New Silksworth Academy Infant 1.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- New Silksworth Academy Junior 1.4 mi School remains Good