Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School

Leigh St Peter’s CofE Primary School is performing well overall, with all key judgements graded good: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This marks a significant improvement from the previous inspection, when the school was graded requires improvement. Pupils are happy, caring and respectful, benefit from a broad and balanced curriculum, achieve well in many areas including English and mathematics, and are well supported in the early years. Safeguarding is effective, pupils with SEND achieve well, early reading is a clear priority, and governors provide strong oversight.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, caring and respectful of each other and staff
• The school has high ambitions for pupils and they achieve well in many curriculum areas
• The curriculum is broad and balanced, with clear identification of what pupils should learn
• Teachers are knowledgeable and deliver learning skilfully
• Assessment is used effectively in most subjects to address misconceptions quickly
• Early reading is prioritised and staff are expert in teaching phonics
• Pupils with SEND are identified early and supported to progress alongside their peers
• Behaviour is good, with clear rules and routines such as calm corridors
• Pupils have opportunities for responsibility and citizenship, including prefect roles and charity work
• The early years environment is bright and welcoming and gives children secure foundations for Year 1
• Governors have strong oversight and provide effective support and challenge
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• The school has made many positive changes since the previous inspection

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, some pupils lack secure prior knowledge because of gaps from previous curriculums
• Pupils do not benefit from a wide range of enrichment activities, including clubs and trips
• Some pupils miss out on learning because they are not in school often 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 Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.6% 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, 3.0% of pupils at Leigh St Peter's 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 Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.8% 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, 12.7% of pupils at Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% 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 Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School received £8,545 and spent £7,804 for each of its 312 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £395,000 (£1,265 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 Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

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

Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

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

Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School has 331 pupils on roll.

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

Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School?

Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School is at Leigh Street, Leigh, Greater Manchester, WN7 4TP.