St Peter's Catholic Academy

About St Peter's Catholic Academy

St Peter's Catholic Academy is a state primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, educating 240 mixed pupils aged 3 to 11. It sits within a local authority that contains 71 primary schools, 12 of which hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. St Peter's is one of them, though its ranking among all primaries in the LA places it at 36th out of 63, putting it in the bottom half of the local league table. The three top-performing peers in the area — Goldenhill Primary Academy, Newstead Primary Academy and Co-op Academy Glebe — all achieved a higher ranking score of 90, compared with St Peter's score of 60. Nationally, the school sits at 7,725th out of 13,686 primaries, placing it in the 56th percentile. The nearest other Outstanding-rated primary is Waterside Primary School, 1.9 km away. St Peter's is a Roman Catholic school, led by headteacher Andrew Hodgson, and it offers nursery provision for younger children.

In its most recent graded inspection in October 2024, Ofsted awarded the school Outstanding across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This continues a pattern of high performance, as the school also received Outstanding in its previous inspection in 2011. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — exactly matching the Stoke-on-Trent local authority average of 60%. Individual subject results were stronger in writing, where 77% met expectations, and maths, where 73% did, while reading stood at 70%. At the higher standard, 20% of pupils achieved in reading, 10% in writing and 7% in maths. Average scaled scores were 103 in reading and 102 in maths. The school's parent view survey, based on 28 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, was overwhelmingly positive: 96% of parents would recommend the school.

The school is heavily oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, with 66 applications for 30 places and 43 first-preference applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.2 to 1. Facilities include a dining hall, library, sports hall, music rooms, art studios, ICT suite, chapel, playing fields and a Forest School. A wide range of clubs is on offer, including book club, science club, drama, coding and art club, while sports provision covers netball, football, gymnastics, rounders, dance, cricket and cross country. The school has identified SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment and physical disability. Given its strong Ofsted record, Catholic character and nursery provision, St Peter's is likely to appeal to local families seeking a faith-based primary with a proven track record, though competition for places is high.

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