St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch
St Peter's Road, Newchurch, Rossendale, BB4 9EZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Sullivan
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 152
- URN
- 119664
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706229972
About this school
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Rossendale. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 152 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 26 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 84% | 77% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 19% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 88% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 92% | 77% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 88% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.20 | - | - |
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 Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 84% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 150 |
| 2023/24 | 151 |
| 2024/25 | 149 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch compares
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch ranked 97th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 3.3% | 12.1% | 152 | — |
| Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School | 20% | 7.5% | 51.7% | 112 | 0.3 miles |
| St Anne's Church of England Primary School | 71% | 4.7% | 35.3% | 186 | 0.4 miles |
| Waterfoot Primary School | 73% | 5% | 20.7% | 296 | 0.6 miles |
| Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School | 44% | 4.8% | 14.3% | 276 | 1.3 miles |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall | 50% | 5.5% | 23.4% | 182 | 1.4 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)
- 12.08%
- English as an additional language
- 4%
- Overall absence
- 3.27%
- Persistent absence
- 6.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Rossendale
-
St Anne's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rossendale
-
Waterfoot Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Rossendale
-
Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Rawtenstall
-
St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall1.4 miles
Primary · Rossendale
Other schools in Rossendale
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch ranks 3rd of the 13 ranked primary schools in Rossendale.
- Crawshawbooth Primary School Primary
- Haslingden Broadway Primary School Primary
- Haslingden Primary School Primary
- Helmshore Primary School Primary
- Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School Primary
- Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall Primary
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall Primary
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden Primary
- Water Primary School Primary
- Waterfoot Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch teach?
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Rossendale.
- Who is the headteacher of St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch?
- The headteacher of St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch is Mrs Helen Sullivan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch?
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch has 152 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch full?
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch has capacity for 150 pupils and 152 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch a faith school?
- Yes. St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Salford.
- Does St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch as having no nursery classes.
- How have St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 84% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch ranked 97th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch's absence rate?
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch's overall absence rate is 3.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch'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 30 June 2026.