St Peter's Methodist Primary School | Primary in Canterbury | Ofsted & DfE

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

209

Pupils · 2024/25

46%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

209

Pupils · 2024/25

46%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

209

Pupils · 2024/25

46%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Standards maintained

Ofsted inspection · 20/11/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityKent

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio21.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterMethodist

StatusOpen

Overview of St Peter's Methodist Primary School · Primary · Kent

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

63%

+3pp

74%67%60%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 63%

RWM higher standard

17%

+7pp

22%15%7%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 17%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

80%

Reading higher standard

47%

Writing expected standard

80%

Writing higher standard

27%

Maths expected standard

70%

Maths higher standard

33%

Science expected standard

97%

SPAG expected standard

73%

SPAG higher standard

40%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

106.0

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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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

209

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

46%

FSM eligible

28%

SEN

15%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

St Peter's Grove, Canterbury, CT1 2DH

Local authority

Kent

Website

http://www.st-peters-canterbury.kent.sch.uk

Telephone

01227464392

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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	63%	17%	80%	47%	80%	27%	70%	33%	97%	73%	107.0	105.0	106.0	—	—	—	15%	209
2023/24	60%	10%	70%	33%	77%	20%	67%	33%	77%	73%	105.0	105.0	108.0	—	—	—	18%	211
2022/23	60%	7%	73%	23%	77%	7%	70%	20%	80%	77%	103.0	103.0	106.0	+0.70	+2.10	+1.20	11%	209
2018/19	74%	22%	81%	48%	74%	30%	81%	44%	93%	81%	108.0	108.0	111.0	+3.10	-0.70	+0.80	6%	200
2017/18	60%	10%	77%	40%	70%	17%	63%	17%	73%	70%	105.0	103.0	103.0	+0.40	-1.80	-1.00	7%	202
2016/17	40%	10%	70%	17%	83%	37%	43%	17%	90%	63%	103.0	99.0	102.0	+0.50	+5.00	-3.40	8%	208

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	209	17.7	15%	46%	28%	6%	15%
2023/24	211	18.2	18%	44%	26%	8%	16%
2022/23	209	20.0	11%	46%	22%	8%	21%
2021/22	210	19.2	13%	42%	21%	6%	14%
2020/21	207	22.0	12%	46%	16%	—	—
2018/19	200	21.6	6%	51%	13%	4%	6%
2017/18	202	15.7	7%	47%	11%	4%	6%
2016/17	208	18.8	8%	44%	12%	4%	6%