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St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Plumstead, London SE18

Griffin Road, Plumstead, London SE18 7QG

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Plumstead, London SE18

10 reasons to choose St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Plumstead

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St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Plumstead has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Plumstead and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 0.5 miles.

School fundamentals

St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Plumstead is a state primary school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.

Average class size

St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Plumstead has nine classes from Reception, some mixed-age, and an average class size of 30 pupils.

Exam results

Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Plumstead ranks in the top 4% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 11% of schools.

The St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Plumstead curriculum

School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. It is subject based with some cross-curricular projects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.

More on the curriculum

There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.

Specialist teaching

Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.

Sport at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Plumstead

School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.

The Arts at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Plumstead

Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.

Find another school near St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Plumstead

Independent Prep Schools

Greenwich Waldorf Lower School (3 miles); The Pointer School (3.1 miles); Blackheath Preparatory School (3.2 miles).

State Primary Schools

South Rise Primary School (0.2 miles); St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Woolwich (0.7 miles); Cardwell Primary School (1.4 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Blackheath High School (3.9 miles); Riverston School, Senior School (4.7 miles); Colfe’s School (4.7 miles).

State Senior Schools

Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School (1.8 miles); Woolwich Polytechnic School (2.1 miles); Bexley Grammar School (3.4 miles).

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