St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · East Grinstead, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
St Peter's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in East Grinstead, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 October 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, with 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers.
- Places ran out (a last distance was published) for Reception in 1 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome, though not in 2026.
- In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reading, writing and maths results in 2024/25 were 2nd lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Chapmans Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 1JB
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 188 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils embody the school’s golden rule of ‘treat other people as you would like to be treated’.”
- “They demonstrate this in their excellent conduct and high levels of respect they show to all.”
- “They know that staff will deal with any worries they may have sensitively.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not yet learn to write as well as they could.”
- “Recent national tests for writing reflect this.”
- “Despite this, pupils’ work still shows errors in spelling and grammar.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 November 2024 (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) | 58% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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 West Sussex.
- Halsford Park Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East Grinstead 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Baldwins Hill Primary School, East Grinstead 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackwell Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Meads Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Estcots Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Crawley Down Village CofE School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashurst Wood Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published