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Peter Hills with St Mary's and St Paul's CofE Primary School

Primary · London · SE16 5ED

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 September 2026 · report published 30 September 2026

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At a glance

84 pupils · 40% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
51.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
26.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
17.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.peterhillsschool.co.uk
URN
100837

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 2 families named it first for 5 Reception places, 0.40 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 9 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. 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

0.40 first-choice applications per place

5 places offered · 2 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
60%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school60%
Median of its 12 closest peers51%
Southwark average69.9%
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
The Manor CofE VC Primary SchoolMelksham · 91 miles awayGood48%
Swalwell Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 247 miles awayGood54%
Westfield Primary SchoolRuncorn · 170 miles awayGood43%
Rectory CofE Primary SchoolWigan · 176 miles awayNeeds attention27%
Frogwell Primary SchoolChippenham · 90 miles awayRequires improvement33%
Luddenden CofE SchoolHalifax · 173 miles awayRequires improvement67%
Barton Clough Primary SchoolManchester · 166 miles awayGood61%
Wilcombe Primary SchoolTiverton · 154 miles awayNeeds attention17%
Martello PrimaryFolkestone · 61 miles awayGood57%
Miles Coverdale Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayOutstanding73%
Littleham Church of England Primary SchoolExmouth · 157 miles awayInadequate8%
Daven Primary SchoolCongleton · 146 miles awayExpected standard61%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
10 of 10 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 27% (Southwark 21%, England 60%) · Black African 26% (Southwark 23%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 12% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Any other White background 8% (Southwark 10%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Southwark 4%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Southwark 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Southwark 1%, England 4%) · White Irish 2% (Southwark 0%, England 0%) · Any other Black background 1% (Southwark 4%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Southwark 6%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Southwark 0%, England 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)
21%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

11.54 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Southwark: 1.40 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
16.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

68% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 32% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% 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)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.7 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 £58,433; 40% 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£17,010
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 11% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £268,204; in-year balance -£25,126

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways31.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier19.7%62.3%
Social housing70.1%17.1%
Privately rented10.2%20.5%
Detached houses2.3%22.9%
Flats34.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van48.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004055 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£521,000868 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£420,000–£673,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (18)£729,000
Terraced (133)£770,000
Flat (714)£495,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
58an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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