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St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch

Rossendale, BB4 9EZPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
5 Good
Oct 2024
KS2 Results
77%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.9×
Oversubscribed
37 1st-choice / 20 places
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#2204 of 13,686 nationally

About St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch

If you’re a parent considering St Peter’s Roman Catholic Primary School in Newchurch, the numbers suggest you’d be in good company. In the most recent Parent View survey, covering responses from September 2024 to September 2025, a striking 94% of parents said they would recommend the school. That’s a very strong signal, and it’s backed up by the detail: 90% of respondents strongly agreed that their child is happy here, and 89% strongly agreed that their child feels safe. The school is clearly popular, too. For its 2025/26 reception intake, St Peter’s had 84 applications for just 20 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 4. 2. Of those, 37 were first-preference applications, and all 20 first-preference offers were taken up. So if you’re thinking of applying, it’s worth knowing that demand far outstrips supply.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterRoman Catholic
AddressSt Peter's Road, Rossendale, Rossendale, BB4 9EZ
HeadteacherHelen Sullivan
Local AuthorityLancashire
Number of Pupils149
Free School Meals (FSM)12.1%
School Capacity149 / 150 (99% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

15 Oct 2024
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Quality of Education
Outstanding
Behaviour & Attitudes
Outstanding
Personal Development
Outstanding
Leadership & Management
Outstanding
Early Years Provision
Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 11 Nov 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

Mental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingPhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:50 – 15:15

Breakfast club

07:45-08:50

Source: stpetersrc.com. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch has been rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted. This means the school provides an exceptional quality of education, and pupils thrive both academically and personally.