SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Wallasey, Wirral·CH45 9LT
Composite score
43.2
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#9,849
National rank
#1432
In North West
#40
In Wirral
Top 66%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
32 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
55
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
2%

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy yet. Wirral 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
267
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£3,964
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

About SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Wallasey, Wirral, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 267 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. 61% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 7.0 percentage points compared with 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 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 32 first choices for 30 places. SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 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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