SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery has demonstrated effective action to maintain the standards established at its previous inspection. The school is characterized by strong community ties, with positive relationships among staff, pupils, parents, and carers. It upholds high expectations for all pupils, fostering academic and personal growth. The early years program is particularly strong, laying a solid foundation for children, who thrive in a supportive environment that encourages them to 'dream big'. Additionally, there are numerous extracurricular activities that further enrich the students' educational experience.

Strengths

• Strong community relationships among staff, pupils, and parents.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Ambitious and well-structured early years curriculum.
• Commitment to developing pupils' oracy and communication skills.
• High attendance rates due to engaging school environment.
• Exceptional character development programs.

Areas for Improvement

• Variability in the implementation of the curriculum in some areas.
• Some teachers lack the expertise required to meet curriculum aims.

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 SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.5% 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, 2.2% of pupils at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery 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 SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 14.2% of pupils at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 2024–25 SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery received £7,581 and spent £7,245 for each of its 221 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £290,000 (£1,311 per pupil).

Across all 56 schools of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,565 and spending £7,594 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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SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery is part of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 64 schools. The nearest others:

• St Edmund's Catholic Academy Wolverhampton
• St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery Wolverhampton
• Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy Wolverhampton
• SS Mary and John's Catholic Primary Academy Wolverhampton
• St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy Wolverhampton
• St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy Wolverhampton
• St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy Wolverhampton
• Holy Rosary Catholic Primary Academy Wolverhampton
• St Teresa's Catholic Primary Academy Wolverhampton
• St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy Wolverhampton

What is SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery have?

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery has 225 pupils on roll.

What age range does SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery cover?

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery?

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery is at Hordern Close, Hordern Road, Newbridge, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 0HR.