St Peter's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Burnham, Buckinghamshire·SL1 7DE
Composite score
38.0
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#11,560
National rank
#1734
In South East
#123
In Buckinghamshire
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
72%
36 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.20
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
81
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
20%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.52
1 per place
1.2320221.2320230.9020241.3720251.202026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Peter's Church of England Primary School yet. Buckinghamshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
259
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,041
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Peter's Church of England Primary School

St Peter's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 259 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 20.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 72% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (36 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 19.9 pupils per teacher. St Peter's Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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