St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy is a mixed primary academy in Sheffield, Sheffield City Council, teaching 285 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted graded quality of education as Inadequate at its most recent inspection in October 2024. In 2024–2025, 8% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 7 holidays and 4 INSET days.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour & attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership & managementInadequate
Early yearsInadequate
S5 Inspection · Inspected 1 Oct 2024 · Published 11 Dec 2024
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy.

St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

August 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 20–21 Staff Development Days
  • 22 School Development Day
  • 25 Bank Holiday
September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 29 School Development Day
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27–31 Mid-Term Break
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 22–31 Christmas Break
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Break
  • 5 School Development Day
  • 6 Pupils Restart
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 9 School Development Day
  • 10–13 Mid-Term Break
  • 16 School Development Day
  • 17 Pupils Restart
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 17 St. Patrick’s Day Holiday
  • 18 Staff Development Day
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Staff Development Day
  • 2–10 Easter Break
  • 13 Staff Development Day
  • 14 Pupils Restart
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 May Day Holiday
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 30 Last Day

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Staff Development Days August 20-21, 2025 Inset Day
  • School Development Day August 22, 2025 Event
  • Bank Holiday August 25, 2025 Holiday
  • School Development Day September 29, 2025 Event
  • Mid-Term Break October 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Christmas Break December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
  • School Development Day January 5, 2026 Event
  • Pupils Restart January 6, 2026 Event
  • School Development Day February 9, 2026 Event
  • Mid-Term Break February 10-13, 2026 Holiday
  • School Development Day February 16, 2026 Event
  • Pupils Restart February 17, 2026 Event
  • St. Patrick’s Day Holiday March 17, 2026 Holiday
  • Staff Development Day March 18, 2026 Inset Day
  • Staff Development Day April 1, 2026 Inset Day
  • Easter Break April 2-10, 2026 Holiday
  • Staff Development Day April 13, 2026 Inset Day
  • Pupils Restart April 14, 2026 Event
  • May Day Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Last Day June 30, 2026 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
8% Expected standard at KS2 England 62%
10.2% Persistent absence England 17.8% Top 32%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy with Sheffield City Council and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 8% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school Sheffield City Council England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 8%
Sheffield City Council 59% England 62% -54 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 104
Sheffield City Council 105 England 106 -2 vs England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 102
Sheffield City Council 104 England 105 -3 vs England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 40
Attendance 10.2% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Sheffield City Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 10.2%
Sheffield City Council 20.8% England 17.8% -7.6 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 4.8%
Sheffield City Council 7.7% England 6.8% -1.9 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other primary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.