St Peter's Community Primary School
St Peter's Road, Portslade-By-Sea, Brighton, BN41 1LS
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Scott Haywood
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 241
- Pupils on roll
- 96
- URN
- 114411
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
About this school
St Peter's Community Primary School was a community primary school in Brighton. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 96 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Peter's Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 21 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 52% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - |
| Maths progress | +2.00 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St Peter's Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Brighton and Hove average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33% | 55.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 56% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 55.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 131 |
| 2023/24 | 96 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Peter's Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.6% | 48.6% | 96 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 63% | 5.4% | 29.3% | 208 | 0.1 miles |
| Benfield Primary School | 50% | 6.8% | 37% | 209 | 0.5 miles |
| Brackenbury Primary School | 55% | 5.7% | 38.1% | 185 | 0.5 miles |
| St Nicolas CofE Primary School | 59% | 4.5% | 16.6% | 416 | 0.7 miles |
| Eastbrook Primary Academy | 68% | 6.4% | 20.1% | 364 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.6%
- English as an additional language
- 38.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.6%
- Persistent absence
- 18.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Brighton
-
Benfield Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Brighton
-
Brackenbury Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Brighton
-
St Nicolas CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Brighton
-
Eastbrook Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Brighton
Other schools in Brighton
- Balfour Primary School Primary
- Benfield Primary School Primary
- Bevendean Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Brackenbury Primary School Primary
- Carden Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Carlton Hill Primary School Primary
- City Academy Whitehawk Primary
- Coldean Primary School Primary
- Coombe Road Primary School Primary
- Downs Infant School Primary
- Downs Junior School Primary
- Eastbrook Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does St Peter's Community Primary School teach?
- St Peter's Community Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Brighton.
- Has St Peter's Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Peter's Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is St Peter's Community Primary School?
- St Peter's Community Primary School had 96 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have St Peter's Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Peter's Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Peter's Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2024.