St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Peter's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Marlow, Buckinghamshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 17 December 2024. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 1.061 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2025, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 10.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Buckinghamshire.
- 5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 13.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Buckinghamshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Buckinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Prospect Road, Marlow, SL7 2PJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 40 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 17 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, safe and model the school’s values wonderfully.”
- “Pupils’ behaviour is impeccable.”
- “Staff manage pupils’ behaviour fairly and consistently.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of pupils do not attend school as regularly as they should.”
- “These pupils miss out on vital learning across the curriculum and do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 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) | 71% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Buckinghamshire.
- Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School 0.2 mi Outstanding
- Marlow Church of England Infant School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Spinfield School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Foxes Piece School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Burford School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Danesfield School 1.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Chepping View Primary Academy 2.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Claytons Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
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