St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School | All-through in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | Ofsted & DfE

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

67%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

47%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

47.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

23%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

959.7

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,943

Pupils · 2024/25

21%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

67%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

47%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

47.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

23%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

959.7

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,943

Pupils · 2024/25

21%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

67%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

47%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

47.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

23%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

959.7

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,943

Pupils · 2024/25

21%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 19/09/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

PhaseAll-through with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio20.5:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School · All-through · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Part ofST PETER'S CATHOLIC VOLUNTARY ACADEMY TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

68%

-4pp

72%70%67%

'23'24'25

'25 · 68%

RWM higher standard

11%

-1pp

12%11%10%

'23'24'25

'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

85%

Reading higher standard

42%

Writing expected standard

82%

Writing higher standard

13%

Maths expected standard

79%

Maths higher standard

39%

Science expected standard

92%

SPAG expected standard

89%

SPAG higher standard

40%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

106.0

GPS scaled score

108.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

67%

-8pp

81%74%67%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 67%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

47%

-7pp

54%49%45%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 47%

Attainment 8

47.0

-2.0

51.649.046.4

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 47.0

EBacc entry

23%

-3pp

32%27%21%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 23%

EBacc APS

959.7

-44.3

1050.6997.6944.6

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 959.7

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

33.7

+1.6

37.434.531.6

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 33.7

A-level value added

+0.16

+0.3

+0.20.0-0.1

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · +0.2

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

+4pp

11%8%4%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 9%

Average A-level grade

C+

B-C+C

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · C+

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

1,943

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

21%

FSM eligible

14%

SEN

18%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

22%

Contact

Address

St Catherine's Road, Bournemouth, BH6 4AH

Local authority

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Website

www.st-peters.bournemouth.sch.uk

Telephone

01202421141

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	68%	11%	85%	42%	82%	13%	79%	39%	92%	89%	107.0	106.0	108.0	—	—	—	18%	1,943
2023/24	72%	12%	87%	33%	87%	18%	77%	30%	92%	83%	106.0	105.0	106.0	—	—	—	16%	1,927
2022/23	67%	10%	78%	33%	78%	17%	75%	25%	97%	80%	106.0	104.0	106.0	-0.80	-0.30	-1.70	15%	1,952
2018/19	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	10%	1,831
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	10%	1,739
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	9%	1,689

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	67%	47%	47.0	Not applicable	23%	959.7	34%	1,943
2023/24	75%	54%	49.0	+0.15	26%	1004.0	38%	1,927
2022/23	68%	45%	46.4	+0.01	21%	944.6	34%	1,952
2021/22	77%	49%	50.9	+0.24	25%	1009.9	39%	1,973
2018/19	81%	53%	51.6	+0.31	32%	1050.6	44%	1,831
2017/18	77%	55%	51.2	+0.41	29%	1035.7	35%	1,739
2016/17	77%	51%	50.3	+0.25	38%	—	47%	1,689

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	33.7	C+	+0.16	9%	157
2023/24	32.0	C+	-0.12	4%	171
2022/23	33.3	C+	—	11%	174
2021/22	37.4	B-	—	10%	173
2018/19	31.6	C	+0.00	6%	171
2017/18	31.5	C	+0.06	7%	172
2016/17	30.6	C	+0.07	9%	171

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	1,943	20.1	18%	21%	14%	7%	22%
2023/24	1,927	18.4	16%	21%	12%	8%	22%
2022/23	1,952	18.7	15%	20%	12%	8%	23%
2021/22	1,973	18.8	14%	20%	13%	8%	22%
2020/21	1,986	18.7	12%	20%	11%	—	—
2018/19	1,831	19.0	10%	19%	15%	5%	10%
2017/18	1,739	18.7	10%	20%	16%	5%	9%
2016/17	1,689	17.5	9%	18%	16%	5%	9%