Peover Superior Endowed Primary School

Peover Superior Endowed Primary School remains an outstanding institution that boasts a vibrant and engaging learning environment. Pupils express their enthusiasm for attending school and feel safe, supported by warm relationships with staff who set high expectations for work and behavior. Their performance, particularly in academics, is exceptional, with a well-structured curriculum that fosters excellent outcomes across all subjects. The school successfully integrates a focus on mental health and a variety of extracurricular activities that promote both educational achievement and personal development.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate exemplary behavior and respect towards staff and peers.
• Leaders maintain high expectations for pupil performance and engagement.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious, and effectively structured.
• Teachers exhibit deep knowledge of the curriculum and employ effective teaching methods.
• Pupils with SEND receive excellent support, leading to their exceptional achievement.
• Reading is prioritized, with a strong phonics program enhancing literacy development.
• A wide range of extracurricular activities supports pupil interests and talents.

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 Peover Superior Endowed Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Peover Superior Endowed 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 Peover Superior Endowed Primary School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.5% 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, 4.2% of pupils at Peover Superior Endowed Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 2024–25 Peover Superior Endowed Primary School received £7,649 and spent £8,143 for each of its 93 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £120,000 (£1,294 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of The Aspire Educational Trust, income was £6,867 and spending £6,913 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 Knutsford · Cheshire East local authority: places and applications

Peover Superior Endowed Primary School is part of The Aspire Educational Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Holmes Chapel Primary School Crewe
• Ivy Bank Primary School Macclesfield
• The Wilmslow Academy Wilmslow
• Victoria Road Primary School Northwich
• Parkroyal Community School Macclesfield
• Ash Grove Academy Macclesfield
• Sandbach Primary Academy Sandbach
• Puss Bank School and Nursery Macclesfield
• Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery Macclesfield
• Hollinhey Primary School Macclesfield

What is Peover Superior Endowed Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Peover Superior Endowed Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Peover Superior Endowed Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Peover Superior Endowed Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Peover Superior Endowed Primary School have?

Peover Superior Endowed Primary School has 95 pupils on roll.

What age range does Peover Superior Endowed Primary School cover?

Peover Superior Endowed Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Peover Superior Endowed Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Peover Superior Endowed Primary School?

Peover Superior Endowed Primary School is at Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8TU.