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St Peter's Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 204 pupils Doncaster
Ofsted: Good
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St Peter's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Doncaster for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 204 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2019 of its predecessor, St Peter's Catholic Primary School. In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: May 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Sandy Lane
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN4 5EP
Phone 01302369143
Reference Number 149348

General Makeup

Number of pupils 204
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.06%
Girls: 52.94%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 33.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 13 12 25
2 7 23 30
3 16 14 30
4 18 12 30
5 16 14 30
6 12 17 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 44.6%
White, Other 20.6%
African 7.8%
Pakistani 4.4%
Indian 3.9%
White & Asian 3.4%
Asian, Other 2.9%
White & Black (African) 2.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
Chinese 1.5%
Unclassified 1%
Mixed, Other 1%

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 March 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 11 Mar 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
11 Mar 2025 School inspection
08 Sep 2022 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 59%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 106
Maths 103

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 1.5
Writing 3.1
Maths -0.3

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 20 2
Third Preference 11 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 209 pupils for 210 places. 1 places (0.5%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Hall Cross Pyramid Primary” planning area

Doncaster counted 326 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 308 in 2029–30, down 6%.

202320242025
Places 210210210
Pupils 207200209
Unfilled 1.4%4.8%0.5%

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 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

202320242025
Authorised absence 4.1%3.8%2.4%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%1.2%1.2%
Severely absent pupils 0.5%0.0%0.0%

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

202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 000

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 23.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 30.2% 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 15.912.512.712.9
Teachers who left state teaching 13.2%11.6%30.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 0.0%30.0%22.2%–
Sick days per teacher 0.00.70.2–

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, 11.3% of pupils at St Peter's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 11 6
Social, emotional and mental health 6 0
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 0
Down's syndrome 0 1
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 Catholic Primary School received £6,581 and spent £6,422 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £51,000 (£245 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of St Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,455 and spending £7,395 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20242025
Revenue reserve £24,000£51,000
per pupil £121£245
In-year balance £28,000£33,000
per pupil £140£159

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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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 March 2019 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 May 2025.

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

St Peter's Catholic Primary School has 204 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, 59% 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 Sandy Lane, St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 5EP.

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