The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Skegness, Lincolnshire·PE24 5ED
Composite score
45.8
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#8,880
National rank
#754
In East Midlands
#125
In Lincolnshire
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
93%
29 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
57
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2720221.3020230.9620241.1720250.972026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School yet. Lincolnshire 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
205
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,377
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School

The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School is a primary school in Skegness, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 205 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 23.0 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 102 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 93% of the families who made The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 26.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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