Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary School

About Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary School

Christ Church & Saint Peter's CofE Primary School in Charnwood holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a significant improvement from its previous Inadequate grade. The school's most recent graded inspection in 2017 rated it Good overall, with leadership and management also judged Good, and this was confirmed as unchanged during an ungraded inspection in 2023. The early years provision was separately rated Good in that same 2023 visit. For academic outcomes, the key metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2, which stands at 61%. This is just one percentage point below the Leicestershire local authority average of 62%, placing the school squarely in line with typical performance for the area. Nationally, this result puts the school in the 54th percentile, meaning it performs slightly better than the median primary school across England.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 KS2 results, individual subject scores tell a nuanced story. In reading, 67% of pupils met the expected standard, with an average scaled score of 104. Writing saw 71% reach the expected level, and maths 70%, with an average maths score of 103. However, the proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard across all three subjects is just 11%, which is relatively modest. In reading, 20% reached the higher standard, with 18% in writing and 17% in maths. The school ranks 30th out of 45 primary schools in the Charnwood local authority area, placing it in the bottom half locally. Within the East Midlands region, it sits at 678th out of 1,353 schools, a middle-of-the-pack position. These figures suggest a school that reliably delivers expected outcomes for most children but where stretching the highest achievers remains a work in progress.

The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 111 applications for 44 places and 42 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.52. It serves a diverse intake, with 28.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals, above the national average. Facilities include an ICT suite, sports hall, sensory room, outdoor playground and a chapel. Sports offered range from athletics and football to gymnastics and rounders, while clubs include art, coding, drama, film, eco and gardening. The school has a dedicated SEN unit and provides for moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. This makes it a strong option for families in Charnwood seeking a Church of England primary with solid SEND support, where the academic focus is on securing expected standards rather than pushing for exceptional results.

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