St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Horton Road, Gloucester, GL1 3PY
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by St Peter's Catholic Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Carol Baron
- Diocese
- Diocese of Clifton
- Constituency
- Gloucester
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 418
- URN
- 134928
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
About this school
St Peter's Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Gloucester. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 418 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Peter's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2005, 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 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.60 | - |
| Maths progress | +2.10 | - |
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 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 | Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How St Peter's Catholic Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7% | 16.5% | 418 | — |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 75% | 4.8% | 13.8% | 411 | 0.0 miles |
| Widden Primary School | 36% | 7.3% | 42.1% | 438 | 0.4 miles |
| Elmbridge Primary School | 66% | 4.1% | 11.5% | 632 | 0.6 miles |
| Kingsholm Church of England Primary School | 56% | 7.2% | 31.8% | 605 | 0.7 miles |
| St James' Church of England Junior School | 57% | 6.1% | 37.4% | 186 | 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.5%
- English as an additional language
- 33.7%
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistent absence
- 20.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Gloucester
-
Widden Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Gloucester
-
Elmbridge Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Gloucester
-
Kingsholm Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Gloucester
-
St James' Church of England Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Gloucester
Other schools in Gloucester
- Abbeymead Primary School Primary
- Ashleworth Church of England Primary School Primary
- Barnwood Church of England Primary School Primary
- Beech Green Primary School Primary
- Birdlip Primary School Primary
- Calton Primary School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Churcham Primary School Primary
- Churchdown Parton Manor Infant School Primary
- Churchdown Parton Manor Junior School Primary
- Churchdown Village Infant School Primary
- Churchdown Village Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does St Peter's Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Gloucester.
- Has St Peter's Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Peter's 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 big is St Peter's Catholic Primary School?
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School had 418 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have St Peter's Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 53% 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 Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Peter's 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 December 2023.