St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School
All-through schoolSt Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School is a all-through school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, for pupils aged 4 to 18. It had 1,967 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), September 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 19 September 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 68% of pupils at St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School was 49.2, against 49.9 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and 46.2 in England.
54.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.2 | 49.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54.9% | 56.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77.6% | 74% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 237 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Katharine's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), June 2024. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- Twynham SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 48.4 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- Futures Autism UnlimitedSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.4 km
- The Priory Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Christchurch Learning CentrePupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, June 20231.7 km
- Connie Rothman SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).