St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School

St Paul’s Peel CofE Primary has improved since its previous inspection and is now judged good in all inspected areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Pupils are happy and feel part of a warm, welcoming school community, where behaviour is good and strong pastoral support helps them feel safe. The curriculum has been considerably improved, children get a strong start in the early years, phonics is taught rigorously, and pupils with SEND are identified early and supported well. Safeguarding is effective. The school does not receive an overall effectiveness grade under the current inspection framework, and the acting headteacher has been in post since January 2025.

Strengths

• Warm and welcoming school culture where pupils feel safe and valued
• High expectations that pupils embrace and respond to well
• Considerable curriculum improvements since the previous inspection
• Strong early years provision that prepares children well for key stage 1
• Rigorous and consistently delivered phonics programme
• Early identification and effective support for pupils with SEND
• Good behaviour supported by clear rules and respectful relationships
• Strong pastoral support and opportunities for pupils’ personal development
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Supportive governors who challenge and support improvement

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment approaches are not fully developed in some subjects
• In a few subjects, activities do not consistently help pupils learn the intended curriculum knowledge
• Some pupils do not attend school regularly enough

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 Paul's Peel CofE Primary School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.6% 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, 1.6% of pupils at St Paul's Peel CofE 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 Paul's Peel CofE Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.0% 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, 20.9% of pupils at St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% 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 Paul's Peel CofE Primary School received £7,653 and spent £7,885 for each of its 311 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £258,000 (£829 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 Paul's Peel CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School have?

St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School has 311 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School cover?

St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School?

St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School is at Stocksfield Drive, Little Hulton, Worsley, Manchester, M38 9RB.