St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School

St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School at a glance

Located in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 1,943 pupils aged 4 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 68% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 47.0, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School ranks in the top 33% of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the top 42% of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 47% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 93% of the families who made St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive 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 7.5%. There are about 19.1 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.