St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary AcademyHartley Brook Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Sheffield.

Summary of the comparison

St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy and Hartley Brook Primary School are primary schools in Sheffield.

  • St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy scores 30 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Hartley Brook Primary School scores 39 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Hartley Brook Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy was judged in need of urgent improvement and Hartley Brook Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 8.0% for St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy and 44.0% for Hartley Brook Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy (38.0% in 2022-23, 8.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Hartley Brook Primary School (46.0% in 2022-23, 44.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy versus Hartley Brook Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SheffieldSt Patrick's Catholic Voluntary AcademySheffieldHartley Brook Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF30/100F39/100Stronger figure
Local ranking109th of 120 in Sheffield 95th of 120 in Sheffield Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: InadequateOfsted: GoodStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll285 579
Capacity280 708
LocationSheffield, S5 0QF Sheffield, S5 0JF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard8.0% 44.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 1.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure101.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 Stronger figure100.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census301 605
Free school meals (ever 6)32.1% 62.6%
English as an additional language41.9% 19.0%
SEN support11.3% 21.8%
SEN with an EHC plan1.3% 2.5%
Attendance
Overall absence4.8% Stronger figure8.8% 6.2%
Persistent absence10.2% Stronger figure29.0% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy

Hartley Brook Primary School

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