St Peter's Catholic Primary School

About St Peter's Catholic Primary School

St Peter's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded mixed primary in the London Borough of Havering, and it sits 19th out of 49 similar schools in the local authority, placing it in the top half of the table. Its closest rivals among the LA's top performers include Upminster Junior School, Nelmes Primary School, and Hacton Primary School, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. The school is also just 0.1 km from St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, one of ten outstanding-rated primaries in Havering. St Peter's itself holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, a step down from the Outstanding it received in 2008. However, the inspection report shows that several individual areas remain outstanding: early years provision, personal development, and behaviour and attitudes all earned the top grade, while quality of education and leadership and management were judged Good.

Academically, St Peter's performs solidly against local benchmarks. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is four percentage points above the Havering LA average of 65%. The school's ranking score of 69 is based on this combined measure, and it places St Peter's in the top 50 nationally for that metric. Looking at individual subjects, 81% met expectations in both maths and writing, while 76% did so in reading. Higher-standard attainment is more varied: 41% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, 29% in maths, and 19% in writing, with just 10% achieving the higher bar across all three. Average scaled scores were 106 in maths and 107 in reading, both comfortably above the national baseline of 100. The school does not publish progress scores for any subject, so it is not possible to compare how much value it adds relative to pupils' starting points.

The school is oversubscribed: for 30 places in the 2025/26 academic year, it received 106 applications, a ratio of 3.53 applicants per place, and all 25 first-preference applicants were offered a spot. Facilities include art studios, music rooms, a library, an ICT suite, a sensory room, an outdoor playground, and a chapel. Sports provision covers football, athletics, tennis, netball, swimming, cricket, and cross country, while clubs include chess, coding, and eco club. The school has a Roman Catholic religious character and offers support for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties. With 8.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the intake is less disadvantaged than the national average. This is a school that suits families seeking a faith-based primary with strong behaviour and personal development, set in a competitive local admissions landscape.

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