St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich

St Peter's Catholic Primary School remains a good school, but an ungraded inspection indicates that its performance may not meet this standard if a graded inspection were to be conducted now. The school successfully fosters a safe and welcoming environment where pupils feel valued. Leadership is dedicated to continuing improvements, particularly in reading and mathematics. However, writing achievement lags behind these subjects, and although the curriculum planning for wider subjects has been recently revised, historical gaps in pupil knowledge persist due to its recent implementation. Parents have mixed views about the school's communication, highlighting an area for improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and valued at the school.
• Leaders have a clear understanding of the school's strengths and areas for improvement.
• The phonics teaching effectively helps pupils develop into confident readers.
• Mathematics curriculum is well sequenced and engaging for pupils.
• Provision for pupils with SEND has recently improved significantly.
• Pupils' behavior is generally good, and they engage well in collaborative learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Writing achievement is not yet at the expected standard for many pupils.
• Recent curriculum changes have resulted in gaps in pupils' knowledge and skills.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.5% of pupils at St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich received £7,412 and spent £7,838 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £28,000 (£134 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich last inspected by Ofsted?

St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich have?

St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich has 214 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich cover?

St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich?

St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich is at Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LY.