St Peter's Catholic Primary School

St Peter’s Catholic Primary School maintains its status as a good school, continuing to provide a nurturing and engaging environment for its pupils. The school is recognized for its supportive community, where children feel safe and valued. Staff members have high expectations, promoting a positive school culture that encourages students to excel academically and develop important social skills. Particularly notable is the school's commitment to supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, ensuring inclusive practices across the curriculum. However, there are areas needing improvement. While many aspects of the curriculum are well-structured, some subject leaders lack oversight on the effective delivery of their subjects, which raises concerns about ensuring consistent achievement across all areas. Attendance issues persist for a small number of pupils, affecting their overall learning experience. This context is significant as it is the school's first inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic began, emphasizing the ongoing challenge of recovery from disruptions caused by the pandemic.

Strengths

• Pupils feel part of a caring school community.
• Staff have high expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Pupils develop good relationships and demonstrate positive behaviors.
• The curriculum is well-organized, allowing pupils to build on prior knowledge.
• Strong focus on developing pupils' communication and language skills.
• Reading is prioritized, ensuring early learners get a strong start.
• Effective safeguarding measures are in place.
• There is a supportive culture for staff, ensuring their well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subject leaders do not monitor the effective delivery of their curriculums.
• A small number of pupils do not attend school regularly, impacting their progress.

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 attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.7% 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, 2.5% of pupils at St Peter's Catholic Primary School 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 had 24.8 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, 13.7% of pupils at St Peter's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 received £7,113 and spent £7,359 for each of its 256 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £47,000 (£183 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's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

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

St Peter's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in December 2022.

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

St Peter's Catholic Primary School has 256 pupils on roll.

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

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

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Peter's Catholic Primary School?

St Peter's Catholic Primary School is at Firbank Road, Newall Green, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 2YS.