The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary

The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary is a happy, inclusive school where pupils feel safe and are well supported. Pupils benefit from a strong personal development and wellbeing programme, highly effective pastoral care, and a wide range of leadership and extra-curricular opportunities. Behaviour is calm and purposeful, attendance is good, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged are typically well included and supported. The early years provision is strong, with children settling quickly and making positive progress, particularly in vocabulary and phonics.

Strengths

• Exceptionally strong personal development and wellbeing programme
• Highly effective pastoral support that is proactive and responsive
• Pupils show high levels of respect and value diversity
• Pupils are well prepared for their futures and know how to keep themselves safe
• Broad range of leadership opportunities for pupils, fostering teamwork and civic purpose
• Sharp focus on attendance with consistent routines and effective monitoring
• Calm, orderly and purposeful environment where bullying is rare
• Ambitious and logically ordered curriculum across most subjects
• Secure methods for checking teaching quality and targeted staff training
• Reading taught effectively, with timely support for pupils who need to catch up
• Strong early years provision with clear routines and vocabulary development
• Effective inclusion of pupils with SEND and those who are disadvantaged
• Good use of additional funding to support disadvantaged pupils
• Supportive and approachable leadership that considers staff workload
• Governors are committed and fulfil their statutory duties well

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' attainment in writing has been too low and they are not well prepared for the next stage
• Gaps in spelling and handwriting knowledge persist for some pupils, including older pupils
• Teachers sometimes do not identify gaps in learning, particularly letter formation
• Writing outcomes are below national average, including for disadvantaged pupils
• Strategies to raise achievement in writing are too new to show impact
• Disadvantaged pupils' overall attainment in reading, writing and mathematics is below national average

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 The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% 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 The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary 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 The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary had 20.1 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, 20.7% of pupils at The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary 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 The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary received £7,370 and spent £7,382 for each of its 213 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £73,000 (£341 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 The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary is Needs attention, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary have?

The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary has 213 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary cover?

The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 10% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary?

The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary is at Mount Street, Salford, Greater Manchester, M3 6LU.