Peter Hills with St Mary's and St Paul's CofE Primary School

About Peter Hills with St Mary's and St Paul's CofE Primary School

Peter Hills with St Mary's and St Paul's CofE Primary School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, with two standout areas graded Outstanding: personal development and behaviour and attitudes. The school’s most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2, which sits at 55%. That is notably below the Southwark local authority average of 68%, and places the school 50th out of 60 primary schools in the borough. In the broader London region, it ranks in the bottom half of schools on this measure. The individual subject scores paint a more mixed picture: 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, and 73% in maths, but writing lagged at 64%. Only 27% reached the higher standard in reading, and just 9% in writing.

The school’s Progress 8 scores are not available, so it is hard to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. However, the average scaled scores tell a clearer story: reading averaged 106, which is slightly above the national benchmark of 100, while maths averaged 98, just below it. No pupils achieved the higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined. The Ofsted report noted that early years provision and leadership and management are both Good, and the quality of education is also rated Good. The previous inspection in 2013 also awarded an overall Good, so the school has maintained that rating over time. With 52% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a significantly disadvantaged intake compared with many local primaries, which provides important context for its academic outcomes.

Peter Hills is a small Church of England primary with 104 pupils against a capacity of 210, so there is plenty of space. It offers a nursery provision for children from age three. The school is oversubscribed for Reception places in 2025/26, with 25 applications for just 4 places and an oversubscription ratio of 6.25. Facilities include a forest school, chapel, music rooms, playing fields and a gymnasium, and the clubs programme covers coding, chess, drama and eco club among others. The school has a resourced provision and supports pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language difficulties, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that will suit families who value a strong pastoral and personal development focus within a small, faith-based setting, and who are comfortable with academic results that sit below the local average.

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