St Peter's Infant School
Holcombe Road, Rochester, ME1 2HU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanna Worrall
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 60
- URN
- 118576
- Local authority
- Medway
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01634843590
About this school
St Peter's Infant School is a community primary school in Rochester. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 60 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 9 May 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Trends over time
How St Peter's Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 94 |
| 2023/24 | 79 |
| 2024/25 | 66 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Peter's Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.6% | 39.4% | 60 | — |
| St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 211 | 0.3 miles |
| Delce Academy | 60% | 8.7% | 53.2% | 287 | 0.4 miles |
| Crest Infant School | — | 9.1% | 37.7% | 121 | 0.4 miles |
| St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 79% | 4.1% | 37.2% | 216 | 0.5 miles |
| Balfour Junior School | 71% | 5.5% | 31.7% | 480 | 0.5 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.39%
- English as an additional language
- 27.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.56%
- Persistent absence
- 21.15%
Location
Nearby schools
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St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Rochester
-
Delce Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Rochester
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Crest Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Rochester
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St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Rochester
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Balfour Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Chatham
Other schools in Rochester
- All Faiths Children's Academy Primary
- Balfour Infant School Primary
- Bligh Primary School (Infants) Primary
- Bligh Primary School (Juniors) Primary
- Burham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cedar Children's Academy Primary
- Chattenden Primary School Primary
- Cliffe Woods Primary School Primary
- Crest Infant School Primary
- Cuxton Community Infant School Primary
- Cuxton Community Junior School Primary
- Delce Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does St Peter's Infant School teach?
- St Peter's Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Rochester.
- Who is the headteacher of St Peter's Infant School?
- The headteacher of St Peter's Infant School is Mrs Joanna Worrall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Peter's Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Peter's Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is St Peter's Infant School?
- St Peter's Infant School has 60 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is St Peter's Infant School full?
- St Peter's Infant School has capacity for 90 pupils and 60 on roll (67%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is St Peter's Infant School a faith school?
- No. St Peter's Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does St Peter's Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records St Peter's Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is St Peter's Infant School's absence rate?
- St Peter's Infant School's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does St Peter's Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for St Peter's Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 30 June 2026.