St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre

St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form is a school that maintains a positive culture of safeguarding and has a strong sense of community, fostering an environment where pupils feel safe and valued. While the school excels in providing a range of extracurricular activities that aid in personal development, there are significant areas for improvement regarding academic achievement, particularly at key stage 5 and for disadvantaged pupils. Leaders are beginning to take steps to address these issues, but progress has been slow, and many pupils do not achieve to their potential.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community and positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• Effective pastoral care promoting kindness and celebrating diversity.
• A coherent personal development program that fosters confidence and independence.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhancing students' talents and interests.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' achievement is not as high as it should be, especially in key stage 5.
• Teaching quality is variable and does not adequately address gaps in pupils' knowledge.
• Inconsistent support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Leaders have been slow to implement improvements in teaching and learning.

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 Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 7.4% of pupils at St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 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 Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 10.8% of pupils at St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre received £7,238 and spent £7,085 for each of its 1,535 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,534,000 (£1,651 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre last inspected by Ofsted?

St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre have?

St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre has 1,545 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre cover?

St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 40.9, and 34% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre?

St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre is at Stroud Road, Tuffley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 0DD.