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St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · EC1V 0EU

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 27 June 2023

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At a glance

222 pupils · 92% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Catholic
Free school meals
54.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
41.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stpetersandstpauls.islington.sch.uk/
URN
100447

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 25 families named it first for 25 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.151 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 10 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 27 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

25 places offered · 25 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.151 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

32 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
88%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school88%
Median of its 12 closest peers54%
Islington average67.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Greenleys Junior SchoolMilton Keynes · 48 miles awayGood49%
Holden Lane AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 136 miles awayGood77%
Mundella Primary SchoolFolkestone · 63 miles awayGood56%
Nonsuch Primary SchoolBirmingham · 103 miles awayNeeds attention52%
St Sebastian's RC Primary SchoolSalford · 164 miles awayGood52%
Blackpool Gateway AcademyBlackpool · 200 miles awayNeeds attention44%
St Ann's Well AcademyNottingham · 109 miles awayGood54%
Lime Academy ParnwellPeterborough · 74 miles awayGood63%
St Augustine's CofE Primary SchoolManchester · 163 miles awayNo current grade72%
St Finbar's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 176 miles awayExpected standard54%
Grampian Primary AcademyDerby · 111 miles awayGood60%
Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolTelford · 129 miles awayRequires improvement25%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 34% (Islington 24%, England 60%) · Black African 20% (Islington 16%, England 5%) · Any other White background 11% (Islington 16%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 11% (Islington 11%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 8% (Islington 4%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Islington 8%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 4% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Islington 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Islington 1%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Islington 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
26.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.45 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Islington: 1.95 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

53% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school · 27% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

10.2% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

81.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,369; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,914
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 68% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 18% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 13% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £46,839; in-year balance -£19,211

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher55.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier22.9%62.3%
Social housing45.7%17.1%
Privately rented31%20.5%
Detached houses0.1%22.9%
Flats99.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms4.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van76.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002703 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£790,0001,410 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£575,000–£1,105,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (5)£2,000,000
Terraced (71)£1,650,000
Flat (1334)£775,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
30an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
137an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
21an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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