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St Peter's CofE Primary School

Primary · Ashton-under-Lyne · OL7 0NB

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Strong 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: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 30 June 2026 · report published 9 September 2026

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At a glance

209 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
51.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
34.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stpetersashton.co.uk/
URN
106245

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 15 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2010 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 30 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 30 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 8
2.143 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
66%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school66%
Median of its 12 closest peers59%
Tameside average61.8%
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
Vittoria Primary SchoolLondon · 158 miles awayExpected standard68%
St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolBury · 11 miles awayRequires improvement43%
Petteril Bank SchoolCarlisle · 102 miles awayExpected standard50%
Lowerhouses CofE Primary SchoolHuddersfield · 18 miles awayNot yet graded61%
Newlands Primary SchoolRamsgate · 209 miles awayGood70%
Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 156 miles awayGood39%
Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary SchoolMargate · 206 miles awayGood31%
Oxford Gardens Primary SchoolLondon · 157 miles awayGood52%
Alderwood Primary SchoolLondon · 168 miles awayStrong standard87%
Van Gogh PrimaryLondon · 162 miles awayGood66%
North Fawdon Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 108 miles awayGood57%
St Martin's Church of England Primary SchoolBilston · 64 miles awayGood62%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 36% (Tameside 68%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 21% (Tameside 7%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 13% (Tameside 4%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 7% (Tameside 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 7% (Tameside 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Tameside 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Tameside 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Tameside 3%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Tameside 1%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Tameside 4%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 1% (Tameside 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Tameside 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Tameside: 2.11 suspensions and 0.06 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
13.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

58.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.8 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 £45,660; 15.8% 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£8,799
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £234,294; in-year balance +£47,639

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher21.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work18%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier46.2%62.3%
Social housing16.7%17.1%
Privately rented37%20.5%
Detached houses3.4%22.9%
Flats12.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms4.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van36.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005951 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£175,000229 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£148,000–£225,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£335,000
Semi-detached (46)£240,000
Terraced (160)£170,000
Flat (12)£117,500

Homes around this school are cheaper 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
15an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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