St Peter's Church of England Primary School

BuryVoluntary controlled school

Whitefield Road, Bury, BL9 9PW

Headteacher: Mr S WedgeworthSchool website ↗Pupils: 243 (capacity: 258)
Ofsted Good
Inspected November 2021
Oversubscribed
94% of first-choice applicants offered a place
64%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected November 2021
94%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 10 November 2021Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
64.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
9.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 73%·Writing 67%·Maths 82%All three 64%
Reading
Expected73%
Exceeding33%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected67%
Exceeding9%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected82%
Exceeding27%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
32
How many got their first choice?
30of 32 (93.8%)
How many applied in total?
44

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
36.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
42.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
21.0%
Boys and girls
42%girls·58%boys
102 girls, 141 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 70% (2023/24), currently 64%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1650.0%3.0%-4.80.0-1.8
2016/1760.0%7.0%-3.5-1.1-3.4
2017/1844.0%3.0%-3.5-3.6-3.2
2018/1959.0%10.0%-0.5+0.7+1.6
2022/2343.0%3.0%-0.1+1.4+0.1
2023/2470.0%6.0%---
2024/2564.0%9.0%---
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