St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School

St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School is recognized as a good school that prioritizes the welfare and education of its students. The school environment is warm and welcoming, and pupils demonstrate a positive attitude towards learning, which is reflected in their good behavior and respect for one another. The school's focus on an ambitious and broad curriculum, including special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), helps ensure all students achieve well. With strong foundations in early reading and a commitment to developing well-rounded individuals, St Peter and St Paul effectively supports its pupils academically and socially.

Strengths

• Pupils are polite, well-mannered, and demonstrate positive behavior.
• High expectations from staff contribute to a supportive learning environment.
• The curriculum is ambitious, broad, and well-planned.
• Strong emphasis on early reading and phonics teaching.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Pupils are taught about responsibility and how to manage emotions.
• Strong relationships among staff and pupils enhance the school community.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, the curriculum is not fully embedded, affecting knowledge retention.

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 Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.5% 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, 0.4% of pupils at St Peter and St Paul Catholic 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 St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School had 23.4 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, 19.8% of pupils at St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School received £7,542 and spent £7,551 for each of its 225 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £27,000 (-£120 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of St Oscar Romero Catholic Academy Trust, income was £8,412 and spending £8,501 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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St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School is part of St Oscar Romero Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• St James' Roman Catholic Primary School Orpington
• St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School Sidcup
• St Philomena's Primary School Orpington
• St Vincent's Catholic Primary School London
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Bromley
• Holy Innocents Catholic Primary School Orpington
• St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School London
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School London
• St Columba's Catholic Boys' School Bexleyheath
• St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Bexleyheath

What is St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School have?

St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School has 222 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School cover?

St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School?

St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School is at St Paul's Wood Hill, Orpington, Kent, BR5 2SR.