St Peter's Catholic Primary School

Type	Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range	4-11
Religion	Roman Catholic
Address	Hillock Lane Woolston Warrington Cheshire WA1 4PQ
Phone	01925815314
Reference Number	111370

St Peter’s Catholic Primary School has maintained its outstanding performance across all areas, demonstrating exceptional quality of education, behaviour, attitudes, personal development, leadership, and management. The inspection marked the school's first routine evaluation since its last inspection over a decade ago, underscoring its consistent excellence. Pupils show remarkable kindness and empathy, and they actively participate in a broad curriculum that caters well to their interests and needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

General Makeup

Number of pupils	214
Boy/Girl ratio	Boys: 49.53% Girls: 50.47%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals	9.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language	20.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes	30.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher	28
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher	32.5

Year Groups

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
1	10	20	30
2	11	13	24
3	17	16	33
4	18	13	31
5	17	16	33
6	19	14	33

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
White, British	72.9%
Chinese	7.9%
White, Other	7.5%
Asian, Other	4.2%
Mixed, Other	2.3%
Indian	1.4%
White & Black (African)	0.9%
African	0.9%
Irish	0.5%
Pakistani	0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating	Outstanding
> Quality of education	Outstanding
> Behaviour & Attitude	Outstanding
> Personal Development	Outstanding
> Leadership & Management	Outstanding
> Early Years Provision	Outstanding
Last Report Date	17 Apr 2024

Date	Report
17 Apr 2024	School inspection:
13 Mar 2013	Full inspection:
07 Jan 2011	Interim assessment
28 Nov 2007	Full inspection:
19 May 2003	Full inspection

Strengths

Exceptionally kind and inclusive pupils
High expectations for learning and behaviour
Ambitious and engaging curriculum
Effective support for pupils with SEND
Strong emphasis on reading development
Exceptional relationships and sex education curriculum
High levels of pupil independence and leadership opportunities
Supportive and valued staff community

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths	School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard	79%
Pupils meeting a higher standard	9%

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	108
Maths	109

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	4.3
Writing	0.9
Maths	2.3

How many students meet the standards

Note: Exam results were not published in 2020, 2021 or 2022 due to the pandemic.

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Note: Exam results were not published in 2020, 2021 or 2022 due to the pandemic.

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2025 Admissions

	Number of Applications	Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference	14	0
Third Preference	9	0
From another Local Authority	0	0

Previous Years

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Name	Distance
Woolston CofE Aided Primary School Epping Drive, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4QL	0.09 miles
Woolston Community Primary School Barnfield Road, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4NW	0.16 miles
Bruche Primary School Academy Seymour Drive, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 3TT	0.64 miles
Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate Station Road, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0QJ	0.94 miles
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School Padgate Lane, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 3LB	1.2 miles
Thelwall Community Junior School Thelwall New Road, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2HX	1.35 miles
Thelwall Infant School Thelwall Infant School, Pelham Road, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2HF	1.39 miles
Brook Acre Community Primary School Hilden Road, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0JP	1.46 miles
Birchwood CofE Primary School The Mount, Admirals Road, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 6QG	1.46 miles
Locking Stumps Community Primary School Glover Road, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 7PH	1.47 miles
Cinnamon Brow Church of England Primary School Perth Close, Fearnhead, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0SF	1.52 miles
St Bridget's Catholic Primary School Capesthorne Road, Poulton-with-Fearnhead, St.Bridget's School Capesthorne Road, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0ER	1.55 miles
Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School Oakwood Avenue, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 3SZ	1.56 miles
Bradshaw Primary School Bradshaw Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2QN	1.64 miles
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Henshall Avenue, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1PY	1.64 miles
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Quebec Road, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 7SB	1.74 miles
Alderman Bolton Primary School Longdin Street, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1PW	1.78 miles
St Elphin's (Fairfield) CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Farrell Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2GN	1.78 miles
Beamont Primary School Beamont Primary School, Beamont Primary School, O'leary Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 7RQ	1.9 miles
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School School Road, Orford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 9AD	1.98 miles

Name	Distance
King's Leadership Academy Warrington Hillock Lane, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4PF	0.17 miles
Fox Wood Special School Holes Lane, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4LS	0.46 miles
Green Lane Community Special School Woolston Learning Village, Holes Lane, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4LS	0.49 miles
Woolston Brook School Green Lane, Padgate, Green Lane, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4JL	0.5 miles
Birchwood School Ainscough Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7PW	1.09 miles
Birchwood Community High School Brock Road, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 7PT	1.1 miles
Padgate Academy Insall Road, Warrington, WA2 0LN	1.2 miles
Chaigeley School Lymm Road, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2TE	1.34 miles
Cardinal Newman Catholic High School Bridgewater Avenue, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1RX	1.36 miles
Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School Grammar School Road, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1JL	1.94 miles
Willow Tree Park Willow Tree Park, Beech House, Booths Lane, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0GH	2.14 miles
Beamont Collegiate Academy Long Lane, Orford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8PX	2.16 miles
Warrington and Vale Royal College Winwick Road, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8QA	2.39 miles
Priestley College Loushers Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 6RD	2.5 miles
UTC Warrington Dallam Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 7NG	2.52 miles
Bridgewater High School Broomfields Road, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 3AE	3.11 miles
Lymm High School Oughtrington Lane, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0RB	3.5 miles
St Gregory's Catholic High School Cromwell Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 1HG	3.58 miles
Culcheth High School Warrington Road, Culcheth, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 5HH	3.8 miles
Broadoak School Warburton Lane, Partington, Manchester, M31 4BU	4.45 miles

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Pupils 214

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Ofsted Inspections Outstanding

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