St Peter's School

St Peter’s School continues to demonstrate good performance, with a strong emphasis on positive, caring, and inclusive values that resonate throughout the school community. Pupils feel safe and supported, thanks to high-quality pastoral care and respectful relationships with staff. The curriculum is ambitious and well-planned, enabling effective support for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, the quality of support for other pupils varies, and there are concerns regarding the presentation of work in some pupils' books, which does not reflect their capabilities adequately.

Strengths

• Strong focus on positive, caring, and inclusive school values
• Well-planned and ambitious curriculum accessible to all pupils
• Effective support for many pupils with SEND
• High priority given to reading, with engaging reading activities
• Pupils demonstrate good behavior and a positive attitude towards learning
• Pupils enjoy a variety of leadership roles and extracurricular activities
• Effective safeguarding arrangements in place

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent quality of support for pupils not on SEND
• Some adults lack necessary skills to support all pupils effectively
• Variable standards in the presentation of pupils' work

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 School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.3% 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, 0.5% of pupils at St Peter's 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 School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 1.2% 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, 12.8% of pupils at St Peter's School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 School received £6,900 and spent £6,843 for each of its 381 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £98,000 (£258 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 School's Ofsted rating?

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

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

St Peter's School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does St Peter's School have?

St Peter's School has 392 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Peter's School cover?

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

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Peter's School?

St Peter's School is at Cottonmill Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 1HL.