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St Peter's Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 40 pupils Marlow
Ofsted: Good
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St Peter's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Marlow for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 40 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2018 of its predecessor, St Peter's Catholic Primary School. In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has plenty of spare room: 64% of its places were unfilled in 2024/25, more than at most primary schools. It has more teachers for its size than most primary schools: 15.4 pupils for each teacher in 2023/24, against 20.8 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: January 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Prospect Road
Marlow
Buckinghamshire
SL7 2PJ
Phone 01628472116
Reference Number 148669

General Makeup

Number of pupils 40
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 70%
Girls: 30%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 27.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 5.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 4
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 3 Unknown 3
2 3 Unknown 3
3 5 Unknown 5
4 1 1 2
5 8 4 12
6 6 5 11

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 55%
White, Other 30%
Indian 5%
Mixed, Other 5%
White & Black (African) 2.5%
Pakistani 2.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Peter's Catholic Primary School, inspected in November 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 17 Dec 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
17 Dec 2024 School inspection
09 Dec 2021 Academy conversion letter
29 Nov 2018 Short inspection
Previously as St Peter's Catholic Primary School
24 Sep 2014 Full inspection:
01 May 2013 Monitoring visit
03 Dec 2012 Monitoring visit
27 Sep 2012 Full inspection:
08 Jun 2011 Curriculum and development visit
05 Oct 2009 Full inspection:
20 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
12 Jun 2000 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 71%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 18%

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 109
Maths 108

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 1.4
Writing 2.2
Maths -1.1

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2025 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 3 0
Third Preference 5 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Peter's Catholic Primary School had 75 pupils for 210 places. 135 places (64.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Marlow Primary” planning area

Buckinghamshire counted 218 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 221 in 2029–30, up 1%.

2022202320242025
Places 210210210210
Pupils 15012810875
Unfilled 28.6%39.0%48.6%64.3%

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 Catholic Primary School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2022202320242025
Authorised absence 7.5%6.4%6.9%6.2%
Unauthorised absence 0.2%0.3%0.3%1.2%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.8%0.0%1.4%

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

Pupils suspended at least once

2022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 0000

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 Catholic Primary School had 10.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 38.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.17.86.04.5
Teachers who left state teaching 12.2%27.8%6.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 66.7%55.6%50.0%–
Sick days per teacher 7.82.91.4–

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, 22.5% of pupils at St Peter's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 12.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 4 1
Speech, language and communication needs 2 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1
Specific learning difficulty 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 Catholic Primary School received £10,917 and spent £11,460 for each of its 75 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £159,000 (-£2,121 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust, income was £7,112 and spending £7,057 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202320242025
Revenue reserve -£63,000-£137,000-£159,000
per pupil -£490-£1,231-£2,121
In-year balance -£43,000-£67,000-£41,000
per pupil -£337-£600-£543

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
Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School
Wethered Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 3AG
0.22 miles
Marlow Church of England Infant School
Sandygate Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 3AZ
0.29 miles
Spinfield School
Terrington Hill, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2RE
0.4 miles
Foxes Piece School
Newfield Road, Foxes Piece School, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1JW
0.58 miles
Burford School
Marlow Bottom, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 3PQ
0.91 miles
Bisham Church of England Academy
Church Lane, Bisham, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1RW
1 miles
Herries Preparatory School
Dean Lane, Maidenhead, SL6 9BD
1.63 miles
Cookham Dean CofE Primary School
Bigfrith Lane, Cookham Dean, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 9PH
1.88 miles
Danesfield School
Henley Road, Medmenham, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2EW
1.88 miles
Chepping View Primary Academy
Cressex Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4PR
2.76 miles
Cookham Rise Primary School
High Road, Cookham Rise, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 9JF
2.78 miles
Claytons Primary School
Wendover Road, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5NS
2.9 miles
Cookham Nursery School
Station Hill, Maidenhead, SL6 9BT
2.91 miles
Westfield School
Highfield Road, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5BE
3.11 miles
Abbey View Primary Academy
Kennedy Avenue, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1BX
3.21 miles
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Cookham
School Lane, Cookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 9QJ
3.37 miles
Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery
Field Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4LR
3.4 miles
Furze Platt Junior School
Oaken Grove, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6HQ
3.45 miles
Furze Platt Infant School
Oaken Grove, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6HQ
3.45 miles
Castlefield School
The Middle Way, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 3LE
3.49 miles
Name Distance
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
West Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2BR
0.36 miles
Great Marlow School
Bobmore Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1JE
0.8 miles
Cressex Community School
Holmers Lane, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4QA
2.73 miles
John Hampden Grammar School
Marlow Hill, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1SZ
2.98 miles
Chiltern Wood School
Verney Avenue, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 3NE
3.04 miles
Wycombe High School
Marlow Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1TB
3.14 miles
St Michael's Catholic School
Daws Hill Lane, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1PW
3.18 miles
Furze Platt Senior School
Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7NQ
3.25 miles
E-Act Bourne End Academy
New Road, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5BW
3.3 miles
Beech Lodge School
Stubbings Lane, Henley Road, Hurley, SL6 6QL
3.61 miles
Wycombe Abbey
Frances Dove Way, High Wycombe, HP11 1PE
3.65 miles
Newlands Girls' School
Farm Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 5JB
3.8 miles
The Chalfonts Independent Grammar School
19 London Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1BJ
3.95 miles
Claires Court Schools
1 College Avenue, Maidenhead, SL6 6AW
4.13 miles
Unity College
150 West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 3AE
4.26 miles
Altwood Church of England School
Altwood Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4PU
4.3 miles
Godstowe Preparatory School
Shrubbery Road, High Wycombe, HP13 6PR
4.4 miles
The Highcrest Academy
Hatters Lane, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 7NQ
4.45 miles
Desborough College
Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 2QB
4.74 miles
Cox Green School
Highfield Lane, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 3AX
4.75 miles

All schools in Marlow · Buckinghamshire local authority: places and applications

St Peter's Catholic Primary School is part of St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

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

The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2018 of its predecessor, St Peter's Catholic Primary School.

When was St Peter's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Peter's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

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

St Peter's Catholic Primary School has 40 pupils on roll.

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

St Peter's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Peter's Catholic Primary School?

St Peter's Catholic Primary School is at Prospect Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2PJ.

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