St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 4–18 · Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.801 miles
Published by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Reception 2024: 0.484 mi
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School is an all-through school in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 4–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 September 2023. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 and Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.801 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 0.484 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2024 lived 0.484 miles away, while the last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 2.801 miles away, further than in 2025.
- For Year 7 in 2026, the school had 180 first-choice applications for 184 offers; 166 offers went to first-choice families and 14 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2 of the 4 years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, the average A level grade was C+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was above average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Catherine's Road, Bournemouth, BH6 4AH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Pupils on roll
- 1,967 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 September 2023
Strengths
- “The school is proud of its Catholic ethos.”
- “Strong relationships are at its heart and pupils feel part of the school’s tight community.”
- “Younger pupils learn in a nurturing environment where adults know them well.”
To improve
- “This is less consistent in the primary phase.”
- “In the humanities subjects the curriculum is not well understood by all teachers.”
- “Some pupils remember much of what they have learned, and others do not.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 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) | 68% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 56 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 52 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 180 first-preference applications, 184 offers in total, 166 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
- Christchurch Learning Centre 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Connie Rothman School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bournemouth Collegiate School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Tregonwell Academy 1.8 mi School remains Outstanding
- The Stable School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Park School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Livingstone Academy Bournemouth 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Linwood School 3.5 mi Not judged