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St Peter's CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 2-11 218 pupils Stafford
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St Peter's CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Stafford for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 218 pupils on roll. In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Church of England
Address Church Lane
Hixon
Stafford
Staffordshire
ST18 0PS
Phone 01889270233
Reference Number 142447

General Makeup

Number of pupils 218
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.25%
Girls: 52.75%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 8 15 23
2 12 16 28
3 16 14 30
4 10 21 31
5 13 12 25
6 13 11 24

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.5%
White & Asian 1.4%
White, Other 0.9%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 16 Apr 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
16 Apr 2024 School inspection
18 Dec 2018 Short inspection
06 Feb 2016 Academy conversion letter
16 Oct 2014 Full inspection:
Previously as St Peter's CofE (C) Primary School
15 Jan 2013 Interim assessment
24 Jan 2012 Curriculum and development visit
12 May 2010 Full inspection:
13 Mar 2007 Full inspection:
02 Jul 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 80%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 4.1
Writing 2.1
Maths 2.7

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 10 0
Third Preference 0 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Peter's CofE Primary School had 190 pupils for 161 places. That is 29 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Stafford Rural 2 Primary” planning area

Staffordshire counted 81 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 74 in 2029–30, down 9%.

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 161161161161161161161161161
Pupils 117123135133141165178192190
Unfilled 27.3%23.6%16.1%17.4%12.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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's CofE Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 1.6%2.1%1.9%1.6%3.9%3.2%3.0%2.9%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.3%0.2%0.2%0.8%0.7%0.7%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%2.7%0.0%0.6%0.6%

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, 0.5% of pupils at St Peter's CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.02.20.00.00.00.00.00.51.1
Permanent exclusions 000000000

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's CofE Primary School had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.113.512.814.715.211.112.311.811.211.1
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%16.7%16.7%0.0%26.0%0.0%0.0%11.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 33.3%50.0%50.0%–25.0%28.6%40.0%41.7%30.8%–
Sick days per teacher 1.71.80.8–3.12.11.54.53.6–

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, 11.5% of pupils at St Peter's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 8 3
Moderate learning difficulty 8 1
Social, emotional and mental health 4 5
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 2
Specific learning difficulty 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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's CofE Primary School received £7,731 and spent £7,070 for each of its 186 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £336,000 (£1,806 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Mid-Trent Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,027 and spending £6,752 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £61,000£82,000£114,000£136,000£193,000£211,000£336,000
per pupil £449£599£838£840£1,049£1,105£1,806
In-year balance £26,000£20,000£38,000£43,000£57,000£18,000£123,000
per pupil £191£146£279£265£310£94£661

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.

Name Distance
St John's Catholic Primary School
School Lane, Great Haywood, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0SL
1.7 miles
St Andrew's CofE Primary School
Ferrers Road, Weston, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0JN
1.71 miles
Anson CofE Primary School
Main Road, Great Haywood, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0SU
1.82 miles
Colwich CofE Primary School
Main Road, Colwich, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0XD
2.74 miles
Veritas Primary Academy
Weston Road, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0FL
3.48 miles
Leasowes Primary School
Porlock Avenue, Weeping Cross, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0HT
3.88 miles
Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary School
Cedar Way, Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0LU
3.96 miles
St John's CofE Primary Academy
Weston Road, Stafford, ST16 3RZ
4 miles
Green Lea First School
Mill Lane, Milwich, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0EU
4.11 miles
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Lynton Avenue, Weeping Cross, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0EA
4.13 miles
The St. Mary's CofE Primary School
Bellamour Way, Colton, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 3LN
4.26 miles
St Leonard's Primary School
Fairway, Stafford, ST16 3TW
4.28 miles
Oakridge Primary School
Silvester Way, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0PR
4.3 miles
Talbot First School
Church Lane, Kingstone, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 8QJ
4.48 miles
Barnfields Primary School
Lansdowne Way, Wildwood, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 4RD
4.54 miles
Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy
Penk Drive, Etching Hill, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2XY
4.62 miles
Forest Hills Primary School
School Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2PD
4.71 miles
The John Bamford Primary School
Crabtree Way, Etching Hill, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2PA
4.75 miles
John Wheeldon Primary Academy
Corporation Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 3LX
4.82 miles
St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery
St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Garden Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 4BT
4.94 miles
Name Distance
The Weston Road Academy
Blackheath Lane, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0YG
3.25 miles
Walton High School
The Rise, Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0LJ
4.05 miles

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St Peter's CofE Primary School is part of Mid-Trent Multi Academy Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does St Peter's CofE Primary School have?

St Peter's CofE Primary School has 218 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Peter's CofE Primary School cover?

St Peter's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Peter's CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Peter's CofE Primary School?

St Peter's CofE Primary School is at Church Lane, Hixon, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0PS.

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