St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy

St Peter and St Paul Catholic Voluntary Academy is currently rated as requiring improvement in overall effectiveness, with the quality of education being a key area of concern. Despite notable strengths in behaviour, attitudes, and leadership where they received good ratings, the inconsistency in curriculum delivery hampers student achievement. The school, which is part of Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, has undergone improvements since its last inspection but has not fully addressed gaps in students' learning and attendance issues, which are significant areas for development.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel safe at the school.
• Positive relationships exist between pupils and caring staff.
• Behaviour in the school has improved significantly.
• Staff support for students with SEND is effective.
• The sixth form offers an extensive choice of academic and vocational courses.
• Pupils benefit from a detailed careers programme.
• The school provides a good range of extra-curricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Too many pupils are absent from school too often.
• Some staff do not have high enough expectations for pupil achievement.
• Gaps and misconceptions in learning are not always quickly identified or addressed.

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 and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy attended 90.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 30.4% 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, 11.1% of pupils at St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 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 and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.1% 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, 21.3% of pupils at St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 7.8% 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 and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy received £9,421 and spent £9,245 for each of its 606 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £263,000 (£434 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,555 and spending £7,362 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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All schools in Lincoln · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy is part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 35 schools. The nearest others:

• St Hugh's Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy Lincoln
• Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School A Voluntary Academy Lincoln
• Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary Academy Newark
• Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Sleaford
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Newark
• Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Grantham
• St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg) Brigg
• St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy Scunthorpe
• St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy Scunthorpe
• St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Mansfield

What is St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy have?

St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy has 601 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy cover?

St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 39.9, and 31% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy?

St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy is at Western Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7SX.