St Peter's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Newton-le-Willows, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.572 miles
Published by St Helens Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Peter's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Newton-le-Willows, St. Helens for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
St Peter's CofE 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 | 0.572 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 there were 42 first-choice applications for 28 Reception offers: 1.5 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 53 St. Helens primary schools.
- Of those 2026 Reception offers, 27 went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families (36%) were not offered a place.
- The 2025 Reception last distance offered, 0.572 miles, was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance, though about the same as in 2024 and 2022.
- In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the highest among this school and the 7 of the 8 nearest St. Helens primary schools that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other St. Helens schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Birley Street, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 9UR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 226 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “The school’s values of faith, hope, love and trust inspire staff and pupils to the highest standards of behaviour.”
- “These aspects influence pupils to be ambitious for their own academic success.”
- “Leaders have created a culture that includes everyone.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 February 2025 (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) | 83% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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 St. Helens.
- Newton-le-Willows Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Wargrave CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The District CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lyme Community Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published