St Peter's CofE Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Stafford, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

2.422 miles

Furthest distance (miles): "2.422" · Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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St Peter's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Stafford, Staffordshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 April 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 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	2.422 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 2.422 miles from the school, the 11th longest of 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance.
In Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Church Lane, Hixon, Stafford, ST18 0PS
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 218 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 17% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22.3

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 17 April 2024

Strengths

“St Peter’s CofE Primary school is a successful, well-led school where pupils and staff flourish.”
“In the words of one of the parents, ‘St Peter’s is a caring and nurturing learning environment where every pupil matters.’”
“Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school.”

To improve

“A few pupils with SEND have challenges in regulating their behaviour.”
“However, pupils’ understanding of some fundamental British values is less well developed.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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)	80%	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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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 Staffordshire.

St John's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
St Andrew's CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained
Anson CofE Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
Colwich CofE Primary School 2.7 mi Good
Veritas Primary Academy 3.5 mi School remains Good
Leasowes Primary School 3.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
St John's CofE Primary Academy 4.0 mi Standards maintained