SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School continues to uphold its good status since the last inspection in March 2018. The school creates an environment where pupils feel happy and safe, coupled with high expectations for behavior and learning. Parents express strong support for the educational quality, and pupils engage actively in a well-structured curriculum. However, some areas highlight a need for improvement, specifically regarding curriculum coherence in a few subjects and effective communication skills for certain key stage 1 pupils, influenced by challenges from the pandemic.

Strengths

• The school provides a welcoming and safe environment for all pupils.
• Pupils demonstrate high levels of behavior, politeness, and kindness.
• Teachers are well-trained and use effective resources to engage pupils.
• There are strong support systems for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• The curriculum is ambitious and thoughtfully sequenced in most subjects.
• Pupils develop personal skills through diverse activities and clubs.
• Strong emphasis on reading with creative initiatives to promote literacy.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack a coherent curriculum plan, hindering knowledge build-up.
• Oracy skills for key stage 1 pupils have not been sufficiently developed.

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 School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.1% 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, 1.0% of pupils at SS Peter and 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 SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 38.0% 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, 28.4% of pupils at SS Peter and 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 SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School received £6,957 and spent £7,237 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £99,000 (£473 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Romero Catholic Academy, income was £7,461 and spending £7,446 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 School is part of The Romero Catholic Academy, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Coventry
• St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Coventry
• St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Coventry
• St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Coventry
• Good Shepherd Catholic School Coventry
• Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Coventry
• Corpus Christi Catholic School Coventry

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

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

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

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School was last inspected in October 2023.

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

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School has 197 pupils on roll.

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

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School?

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School is at Arkle Drive, Off Woodway Lane, Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 2EF.