St Peter's CofE Primary School

About St Peter's CofE Primary School

St Peter's CofE Primary School in Waverley was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2012. The school's leadership and management were also judged Good. The most telling exam metric for this primary is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which stands at 74%. That is comfortably above the Surrey local authority average of 66% for Key Stage 2. In the Waverley ranking of 22 primary schools, St Peter's sits at 11th, placing it in the top 25% nationally. Its overall ranking score of 74 puts it behind local peers like South Farnham School, The Raleigh School and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School, but ahead of many others in the borough.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the school performs particularly well in reading, where 89% of pupils met the expected standard and 35% achieved the higher standard. In maths, 86% reached the expected level and 32% hit the higher mark, with an average score of 106. Writing is slightly weaker, with 82% at expected and 20% at the higher level. The combined higher standard across all three subjects is 14%, which gives a sense of the proportion of pupils working at greater depth. The school has no Progress 8 data available for this phase, but the raw attainment figures suggest solid academic foundations. With 414 pupils on roll against a capacity of 436, the school is nearly full, and 8.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is below the national average.

St Peter's is a Church of England primary for mixed gender pupils aged 4 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form provision. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 141 applications for 60 places, with 55 first-preference applications and 51 offers made to first-preference families. The oversubscription ratio is 2.35, meaning competition for places is real. Facilities include a chapel, library, music rooms, art studios, playing fields and a gymnasium. Sports on offer are netball, swimming, cricket and tennis, while clubs include drama, chess, art, coding and film club. The school has identified SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. This is a school that suits families seeking a faith-based primary with strong core academic results, a wide range of enrichment activities, and a clear improvement story from its previous inspection.

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