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St Peter's CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 225 pupils Manchester
Ofsted: Good
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St Peter's CofE Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Manchester for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 225 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023. In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: March 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Vicarage Road
Swinton
Manchester
M27 0WA
Phone 01617942616
Reference Number 105948

General Makeup

Number of pupils 225
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.22%
Girls: 49.78%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 32.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 15 15 30
2 13 14 27
3 14 17 31
4 11 12 23
5 16 13 29
6 16 14 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 70.7%
African 9.8%
White, Other 4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.2%
Mixed, Other 2.2%
Chinese 1.8%
White & Asian 1.3%
Unclassified 1.3%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
Pakistani 0.9%
Indian 0.4%
Irish 0.4%

St Peter’s C of E Primary School continues to perform well as a good school, with pupils expressing genuine happiness and belonging. The supportive and caring environment established by staff contributes to the positive ethos where pupils feel safe and respected. A strong emphasis is placed on teaching, which allows pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), to progress effectively through a well-established curriculum. The school also fosters a rich atmosphere for extracurricular involvement, encouraging pupils to engage in various activities beyond the classroom.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 24 Jan 2023
Date Report
24 Jan 2023 School inspection
19 Apr 2017 Short inspection
05 Jul 2012 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
18 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
12 Mar 2001 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils feel safe and are happy at school.
  • Teachers explain concepts clearly and provide effective support.
  • There is a broad curriculum with careful sequencing of knowledge.
  • Leaders have high aspirations for SEND pupils.
  • Pupils participate in extensive extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

  • In a few subjects, teachers do not effectively identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 69%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 14%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 109
Maths 107

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2.1
Writing 0.3
Maths 0.9

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 16 1
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Peter's CofE Primary School had 196 pupils for 210 places. 14 places (6.7%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “South Swinton Primary” planning area

Salford counted 233 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 198 in 2029–30, down 15%.

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210210210210210210210210210210
Pupils 207208210203209209209209207201203192198199196
Unfilled 1.4%1.0%0.0%3.3%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%1.4%4.3%3.3%8.6%5.7%5.2%6.7%

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 CofE Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.9%2.5%2.3%2.6%2.5%2.1%5.2%4.4%3.4%3.2%3.2%
Unauthorised absence 1.8%1.3%1.7%1.3%1.7%1.7%1.3%1.2%2.1%2.0%2.3%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%

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, 0.4% of pupils at St Peter's CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.40.00.00.00.40.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.9
Permanent exclusions 0000010000000000

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 CofE Primary School had 21.2 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

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.29.310.810.210.79.710.211.19.011.911.59.811.612.010.210.6
Teachers who left state teaching 18.7%6.1%8.9%5.6%9.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%14.8%0.0%0.0%12.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 0.0%66.7%50.0%54.5%50.0%53.8%58.3%35.7%10.0%–36.4%18.2%50.0%27.3%36.4%–
Sick days per teacher 0.08.20.91.12.81.32.50.80.1–18.50.916.32.01.5–

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, 19.6% of pupils at St Peter's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 25 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 7 2
Social, emotional and mental health 4 0
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Physical disability 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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 CofE Primary School received £6,803 and spent £6,927 for each of its 225 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £68,000 (£301 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20192020202120222023202420252026
Revenue reserve £60,000£26,000£11,000£69,000£65,000£62,000£96,000£68,000
per pupil £266£112£52£312£288£269£425£301
In-year balance £36,000-£35,000-£14,000£57,000-£4,000-£3,000£34,000-£28,000
per pupil £160-£151-£64£260-£17-£13£150-£124

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

Name Distance
The Deans Primary School
Stanwell Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 5TD
0.24 miles
St Charles' RC Primary School
Emlyn Street, Moorside Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 9PD
0.4 miles
St Mary's RC Primary School
Milner Street, Swinton, Manchester, M27 4AS
0.44 miles
Moorside Primary School
Holdsworth Street, Swinton, Greater Manchester, M27 0LN
0.45 miles
Mossfield Primary School
Mossfield Road, Swinton, Mossfield Primary School, Manchester, M27 6EH
0.47 miles
Edintervention School
1a Albion Street, Swinton, M27 4FG
0.66 miles
Wardley CofE Primary School
Moss Bank Road, Wardley, Swinton, Manchester, M27 9XB
0.71 miles
Springwood Primary School
Barton Road, Swinton, Salford, Greater Manchester, M27 5LP
0.75 miles
St Mark's RC Primary School
Queensway, Clifton, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8QE
0.81 miles
St Augustine's CofE Primary School
380 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8UX
0.85 miles
Clifton Primary School
Wroe Street, Clifton, Swinton, Manchester, M27 6PF
0.86 miles
Grosvenor Road Primary School
Parkgate Drive, Swinton, Manchester, M27 5LN
0.89 miles
Broadoak Primary School
Fairmount Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 0EP
1.01 miles
Monton Green Primary School
Pine Grove, Eccles, Salford, M30 9JP
1.27 miles
St John's CofE Primary School
Daisy Bank Avenue, Swinton, Manchester, M27 5FU
1.34 miles
St Luke's RC Primary School
Swinton Park Road, Salford, Greater Manchester, M6 7WR
1.42 miles
Light Oaks Junior School
Lancaster Road, Salford, Greater Manchester, M6 8LU
1.44 miles
Light Oaks Infant School
Lancaster Road, Lancaster Rd, Salford, Greater Manchester, M6 8LU
1.44 miles
Branwood Preparatory School
Stafford Road, Monton, Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, M30 9HN
1.6 miles
Clarendon Cottage Preparatory School
Ivy Bank House, Half Edge Lane, Eccles, Salford, M30 9BJ
1.67 miles
Name Distance
Barton Moss Education Centre
Care of: Salford City Council, Swinton, M27 5AW
0.2 miles
Co-op Academy Swinton
Sefton Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M27 6JU
0.33 miles
Moorside High School
57 Deans Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 0AP
0.33 miles
St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School
37 Ash Drive, Wardley, Swinton, Manchester, M27 9QP
0.85 miles
Oakwood Academy
Chatsworth Road, Ellesmere Park, Eccles, Lancashire, M30 9DY
1.22 miles
Chatsworth High School and Community College
Chatsworth Road, Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester, M30 9DY
1.32 miles
Ellesmere Park High School
Wentworth Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9BP
1.38 miles
Bridgewater School
Drywood Hall, Manchester, M28 2WQ
1.41 miles
Co-op Academy Walkden
Old Clough Lane, Walkden, Worsley, Manchester, M28 7JB
1.77 miles
All Hallows RC High School
150 Eccles Old Road, Salford, Greater Manchester, M6 8AA
1.84 miles
Salford City College
Dronfield Road, Salford, M6 7FR
1.99 miles
New Park Academy
Off Green Lane, Patricroft, Eccles, Greater Manchester, M30 0RW
2.04 miles
Buile Hill Academy
Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8RD
2.06 miles
St Patrick's RC High School
56 New Lane, Eccles, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M30 7JJ
2.25 miles
Woodlands
Church Lane, Edenfield, Rossendale, Rossendale, Lancashire, BL0 0QL
2.28 miles
King of Kings
Derby Road, Salford, M6 5YD
2.56 miles
Kearsley Academy
Springfield Road, Kearsley, Bolton, Lancashire, BL4 8HY
2.59 miles
Edstart
EdStart Specialist Education, 5 Gerald Road, Salford, M6 6DW
2.65 miles
Acer Academy, Salford
Kintyre Avenue, Salford, M5 5DP
2.7 miles
Cloughside College
Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3BL
2.7 miles

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What is St Peter's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

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

St Peter's CofE Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

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

St Peter's CofE Primary School has 225 pupils on roll.

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

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

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

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Peter's CofE Primary School?

St Peter's CofE Primary School is at Vicarage Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 0WA.

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