Ofsted: Requires improvement emoji_events #25 in Brighton and Hove public Top 63% UK

St Peter's Community Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Scott Haywood

location_onBrighton, BN41 1LS

language Visit Website phone 1273916610

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2022

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Students

131

school

Expected Standard

56%

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Age Range

3-11

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St Peter's Community Primary School is a Community school primary school in Brighton, serving ages 3-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 63% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Peter's Community Primary School is a community school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 131 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #25 of 49 primaries in Brighton and Hove and #8,950 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2022. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 11.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 100.0%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 56%England 61%

Reading75% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing69% LA 67% · Eng 72%

Maths63% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

33%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading48% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing52% LA 66% · Eng 71%

Maths48% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.5

Read

LA 0.5

-3.3 to 2.3

0.0

Write

LA -0.7

-2.7 to 2.7

2.0

Maths

LA -0.8

-0.7 to 4.7

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

42%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading71% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing67% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths50% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.4

Read

LA 0.3

-2.9 to 2.0

-2.3

Write

LA -0.3

-4.6 to 0.0

-3.1

Maths

LA -0.6

-5.3 to -1.0

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

73%

LA 63%

Reading91% LA 76%

Writing86% LA 75%

Maths73% LA 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

4.4

Read

LA 0.6

1.8 to 7

1.2

Write

LA -0.6

-1.3 to 3.7

-1

Maths

LA -0.3

-3.3 to 1.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

31 August 2024

Inspection Report

08 March 2022

Inspection Report

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19 October 2016

Inspection Report

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03 December 2014

Inspection Report

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07 October 2014

Inspection Report

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29 September 2010

Inspection Report

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10 October 2007

Inspection Report

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12 May 2003

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2022-03-08

S5 Inspection EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2016-10-19

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2014-10-07

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 63 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	63	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	96	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	112	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	142	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	131	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	129	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	171	1	0.6%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	165	5	3.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	172	5	2.9%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	185	6	3.2%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	186	1	0.5%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	190	6	3.2%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	215	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	215	7	3.3%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	203	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	205	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	205	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	197	11	5.6%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	199	2	1.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	211	11	5.2%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	205	8	3.9%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	246	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	238	3	1.3%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	230	9	3.9%	0.5%