Phoenix St Peter Academy
Enstone Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0NE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Jordan
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- REAch2 Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Lowestoft
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 109
- URN
- 141983
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01502574586
About this school
Phoenix St Peter Academy is a primary academy in Lowestoft, Suffolk. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 109 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Phoenix St Peter Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 43 | 25 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 64% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 12% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 80% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 84% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 76% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
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 Phoenix St Peter Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 143 |
| 2023/24 | 108 |
| 2024/25 | 107 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Phoenix St Peter Academy compares
Phoenix St Peter Academy ranked 128th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 7.6% | 50.5% | 109 | — |
| Red Oak Primary School | 88% | 3.6% | 48.2% | 420 | 0.2 miles |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School | 61% | 4.3% | 15.4% | 155 | 0.4 miles |
| Westwood Primary School | 68% | 5.2% | 46.4% | 184 | 0.7 miles |
| Dell Primary School | 47% | 4.3% | 38.2% | 290 | 1.0 miles |
| Roman Hill Primary School | 33% | 7.1% | 51.9% | 375 | 1.0 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)
- 50.47%
- English as an additional language
- 12.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.58%
- Persistent absence
- 17.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Red Oak Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Lowestoft
-
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Lowestoft
-
Westwood Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Lowestoft
-
Dell Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Lowestoft
-
Roman Hill Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Lowestoft
Common questions
- What ages does Phoenix St Peter Academy teach?
- Phoenix St Peter Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
- Who is the headteacher of Phoenix St Peter Academy?
- The headteacher of Phoenix St Peter Academy is Mr Matthew Jordan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Phoenix St Peter Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Phoenix St Peter Academy, 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 Phoenix St Peter Academy?
- Phoenix St Peter Academy has 109 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Phoenix St Peter Academy full?
- Phoenix St Peter Academy has capacity for 300 pupils and 109 on roll (36%), 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 Phoenix St Peter Academy a faith school?
- No. Phoenix St Peter Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Phoenix St Peter Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Phoenix St Peter Academy as having nursery classes.
- Is Phoenix St Peter Academy part of an academy trust?
- Phoenix St Peter Academy is part of REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Phoenix St Peter Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Phoenix St Peter Academy compare with other schools in Suffolk?
- Phoenix St Peter Academy ranked 128th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Phoenix St Peter Academy's absence rate?
- Phoenix St Peter Academy's overall absence rate is 7.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Phoenix St Peter Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Phoenix St Peter Academy'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 2 July 2026.