SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School

About SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School

SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School sits within Redbridge, a London borough with 53 state primary schools, 12 of which hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself ranks 46th out of those 50 schools in the local authority, placing it in the bottom tier for its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard. Its top-performing local peers include Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School, St Bede's Catholic Primary School and Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School, all of which score considerably higher on the same ranking metric. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Cleveland Road Primary School, just 0.9 km away. Despite this competitive local landscape, SS Peter and Paul's has its own strengths. It is a Roman Catholic mixed primary for children aged 4 to 11, with a current roll of 348 pupils against a capacity of 420. The school has a nursery provision and is led by headteacher Tracey Osei.

In its most recent ungraded Ofsted inspection in October 2024, the school was judged to have improved significantly since its previous graded inspection in July 2014, when it received a Good rating overall. Leadership and management were also rated Good. This marks a clear improvement from its earlier 2012 inspection, which rated the school as Requires Improvement. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared with the Redbridge local authority average of 74%. The school's average scores in reading (106) and maths (105) are both slightly above the national benchmark of 100, but the proportion reaching the higher standard in all three subjects is just 6%. In reading, 41% of pupils achieved the higher standard, while in maths it was 26% and in writing 15%. Progress scores are not available for this school.

The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, with 62 applications for 33 places and 28 first-preference offers. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 1.88, so competition is real. Facilities include a dining hall, gymnasium, library, sports hall, playing fields, a chapel and a Forest School. Sports on offer include gymnastics, football, cricket, dance, swimming and rounders, while clubs range from art and science to film, drama, choir and eco club. The school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, autistic spectrum disorder, and social, emotional and mental health needs. Parent View responses from 21 families between September 2024 and September 2025 show strong satisfaction: 95% would recommend the school, 76% strongly agreed their child is happy, and 71% strongly agreed their child feels safe. However, 19% disagreed that concerns are dealt with properly, and 14% disagreed that the school supports wider personal development. This is a school that suits families who value its Catholic character, its improving Ofsted trajectory and its broad extracurricular offer, but who are realistic about its academic ranking within Redbridge.

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