Barton St Peter's CofE Primary School

About Barton St Peter's CofE Primary School

Barton St Peter's CofE Primary School sits in a tricky spot when you compare its headline KS2 results against the North Lincolnshire average. The local authority average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined is 62%, but at Barton St Peter's that figure drops to 43%. That's a gap of 19 percentage points, and it places the school 44th out of 51 primary schools in the area, putting it firmly in the bottom half of the local league table. Nationally, it sits around the 88th percentile from the bottom, which means most other primary schools in England achieve higher combined scores. The school's ranking score of 43 out of a possible 100 reflects this, and it's a long way from the top local performers like Winteringham Primary, which scores 92. For parents looking at raw attainment data, this is the standout metric to be aware of.

Digging into the individual subject scores gives a more nuanced picture. In maths, 77% of pupils met the expected standard, with an average scaled score of 104, which is slightly above the national benchmark of 100. Reading was weaker, with only 51% reaching the expected level and an average score of 102. Writing sat in the middle at 63% expected. The proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard in all three subjects was just 6%, and in reading specifically it was 14%, with maths at 20% and writing at 17%. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2021 rated it Good overall, a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2018. All five inspected categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — were graded Good. The school has no sixth form, as it's a primary, and no nursery provision.

Barton St Peter's is a Church of England primary with 278 pupils on roll, just two short of its capacity of 280, and it's oversubscribed: for 31 places in 2025/26, there were 53 total applications, with 31 first-preference offers made. That's an oversubscription ratio of 1.71, so competition for places is real. The school offers a solid range of facilities including a library, gymnasium, chapel, sensory room, and playing fields, plus clubs like coding, drama, gardening, science and art. Sports on offer include dance, cricket, cross country and swimming. For SEND support, the school caters for moderate learning difficulties, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication issues, hearing impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 30.7% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively disadvantaged community. This is a school that has improved its Ofsted rating recently but whose academic outcomes lag behind the local average — it may suit families who value the church ethos and inclusive SEND provision over headline exam results.

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