Secondary
St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy
Baysdale Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9DE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 567 of 556 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.0
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Middlesbrough
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 46.9
- Pupils per adult
- 11.8
- Pupils
- 554
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
September 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
May 2018
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
GCSE results
31%
17 points below the Stockton-on-Tees average (48% across 14 schools)
40.3
5.5 below the Stockton-on-Tees average (45.8 across 14 schools)
13th of 14 by our score, among the secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees we can score - 16 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.34 |
| Entered the EBacc | 26% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39% |
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 36% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.44 |
| 22/23 | -0.39 |
| 23/24 | -0.18 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.7 |
| 22/23 | 41.3 |
| 23/24 | 44.6 |
| 24/25 | 40.3 |
Baysdale Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9DE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Stockton-on-Tees admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Deborah Law
- Address
- Baysdale Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9DE
- Telephone
- 01642613327