St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From London Borough of Barking and Dagenham · offers on 16 April 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →St Peter's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 entry.
St Peter's Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
| Reception 2018 | Not published |
| Reception 2017 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In January 2026 there were 387 pupils on roll, with 18.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Barking and Dagenham.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 39 first-choice applications for 39 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 result of 79% was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Barking and Dagenham that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barking and Dagenham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Goresbrook Road, St. Peters Rc School, Dagenham, RM9 6UU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 387 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have developed a culture in the school where everyone feels a strong sense of community.”
- “Pupils are extremely happy in the school.”
- “They enjoy learning and take pride in their achievements.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, teaching does not check or deepen pupils’ understanding.”
- “This means that, on occasion, pupils do not commit knowledge or key vocabulary to their longterm memories.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 August 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 79% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 39 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 39 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Barking and Dagenham.
- Marsh Green Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Godwin Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Village Infants' School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- William Ford CofE Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- The James Cambell Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Parsloes Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beam Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published