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St Patrick's RC High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 912Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 105986URN

56 New Lane, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7JJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
1.0 above Salford median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Salford

445 applications for 172 places · 4th of 14 in Salford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
53.3of 90
1st of 15 in Salford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 25 November 2025Published 21 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 25 November 2025
    Report card · 6 Strong standard
  2. 21 June 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.6applications per place, Year 7
1.0 above Salford median (1.6) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

445 applications · 172 places offered · 199 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.6; Salford median median 1.6
  2. 2025 3.3; Salford median median 1.7
  3. 2024 3.1; Salford median median 1.6
  4. 2023 2.9; Salford median median 1.5
  5. 2022 3.0; Salford median median 1.5
  6. 2021 3.2; Salford median median 1.4
  7. 2020 3.4; Salford median median 1.5
  8. 2019 3.4; Salford median median 1.5
  9. 2018 3.3; Salford median median 1.3
  10. 2017 3.1; Salford median median 1.3
  11. 2016 2.8; Salford median median 1.3
  12. 2015 2.4; Salford median median 1.4
  13. 2014 2.3; Salford median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Salford median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Salford median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261724452.61991.16
Sep 20251715553.32621.53
Sep 20241775553.12641.49
Sep 20231765182.92541.44
Sep 20221775283.02551.44
Sep 20211775723.22781.57
Sep 20201786073.42991.68
Sep 20191776083.43271.85
Sep 20181805853.33241.80
Sep 20171775453.12881.63
Sep 20161784912.82581.45
Sep 20151804232.42591.44
Sep 20141743972.32281.31

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

184 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)53.31st of 15 in Salford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths56%2nd of 15 in Salford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths76%
  • This school
  • Salford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.07
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18453.356%76%–
2024/2518353.856%79%–
2023/2418549.749%75%+0.07
2022/2318351.151%68%+0.39

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
105986 · 355/4616
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
900 pupils · 912 on roll
Free school meals
21.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
56 New Lane, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7JJ
Local authority
Salford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources