St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School
Coppice Drive, Newport, TF10 7HU
This school is closed (it closed in October 2024).
It was replaced by St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Miss Sarah Staniforth
- Diocese
- Diocese of Shrewsbury
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 187
- URN
- 123552
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
About this school
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Newport. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 187 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 27 | 30 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 67% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 7% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 87% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 70% | 100% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 73% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
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 and St Paul Catholic 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 | Telford and Wrekin average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 59.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 62.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 197 |
| 2023/24 | 187 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 96% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 3.6% | 12.8% | 187 | — |
| St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | — | 3.2% | 11.7% | 177 | 0.0 miles |
| Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | 51% | 4.3% | 25.4% | 318 | 0.9 miles |
| Newport Infant School and Nursery | — | 4% | 18.5% | 217 | 1.1 miles |
| Moorfield Primary School | 74% | 4.6% | 12.8% | 283 | 1.1 miles |
| St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery | 76% | 3.2% | 13.6% | 234 | 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.8%
- English as an additional language
- 10.2%
- Overall absence
- 3.6%
- Persistent absence
- 8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Newport
-
Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Newport
-
Newport Infant School and Nursery1.1 miles
Primary · Newport
-
Moorfield Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Newport
-
St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery1.4 miles
Primary · Telford
Other schools in Newport
- Church Aston Infant School Primary
- Lilleshall Primary School Primary
- Moorfield Primary School Primary
- Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary
- Newport Infant School and Nursery Primary
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Tibberton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Haberdashers' Adams Secondary
- Newport Girls' High School Academy Secondary
- The Burton Borough School Secondary
- Haberdashers' Castle House School Independent schools
- Harper Adams University Universities
Common questions
- What ages does St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Newport.
- Has St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Peter and St Paul Catholic 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 many pupils are at St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School?
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School had 187 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Peter and St Paul Catholic 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 October 2024.