St Peter’s Catholic Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Standards in reading and mathematics are above the national averages in all year groups and broadly in line with national averages in writing.

Pupils make good progress in their learning and the proportions making more than expected progress in reading and mathematics is much higher than the national average. Teachers know their pupils well. Learning in reading and mathematics is planned carefully so that pupils make good progress.

The headteacher monitors the quality of teaching and learning effectively and knows what needs to be done next to improve further. Governors are kept very well informed and are knowledgeable about the school. ...They use this information to hold the headteacher to account for the progress that the pupils make.

Parents speak highly of the school. They feel that communication is good and that they are welcome in the school. They enjoy being able to enter the school with their children at the beginning of each day.

Pupils' outstanding behaviour has a positive impact on their progress. Pupils say they feel very safe in school. It is not yet an outstanding school because : A small minority of pupils are not making the same accelerated progress in writing as they are in reading and mathematics.

This is because teaching is not always effective in moving their learning on to the next stage quickly enough. Information about pupils' learning in writing is not always used effectively to plan work that will help pupils improve more quickly in writing.

Information about this school

St Peter's Catholic Primary School is larger than most primary schools.

The school was rebuilt two years ago on the existing site and is very light and attractive, with ample open spaces to support learning. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is similar to other schools. The proportion of pupils supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is much lower than most other schools.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium (additional government funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals, children who are looked after by the local authority and the children of service families) is lower than the average. The proportion of pupils whose first language is not believed to be English is much higher than the national average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

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