St Peter's CofE Primary Academy

St Peter’s CofE Primary Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection categories. The school is characterized by a positive and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to strive for excellence. Relationships among staff and students are strong, and the school emphasizes personal development and resilience. However, it is noted that this is the school's first inspection under current guidelines, which brings unique challenges and opportunities for growth.

Strengths

• Positive relationships between staff and pupils
• Strong support for special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) students
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum in key stages 1 and 2
• Effective early reading and mathematics instruction
• Inclusive ethos that values all students
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhancing pupils' confidence

Areas for Improvement

• Early years curriculum is not as well sequenced as the rest of the school
• Subject leaders have limited opportunity to monitor curriculum delivery

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 Academy attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.7% 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, 1.3% of pupils at St Peter's CofE Primary Academy 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's CofE Primary Academy had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.8% 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, 17.5% of pupils at St Peter's CofE Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% 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's CofE Primary Academy received £6,390 and spent £6,363 for each of its 464 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £341,000 (£736 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Future Generation Trust, income was £5,867 and spending £5,964 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 Cannock · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

St Peter's CofE Primary Academy is part of Future Generation Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Gentleshaw Primary Academy Rugeley
• Moat Hall Primary Academy Walsall
• Cheslyn Hay Primary Academy Walsall
• Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy Rugeley
• St John's Primary Academy Wolverhampton
• Willows Primary Academy Lichfield

What is St Peter's CofE Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter's CofE Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was St Peter's CofE Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Peter's CofE Primary Academy was last inspected in January 2023.

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

St Peter's CofE Primary Academy has 473 pupils on roll.

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

St Peter's CofE Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Peter's CofE Primary Academy?

St Peter's CofE Primary Academy is at Reservoir Road, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 1BE.