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St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery

Primary · Telford · TF10 8JQ

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 17 December 2024

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At a glance

234 pupils · 99% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
9.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stpetersedgmond.co.uk
URN
123474

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 17 December 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 26 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.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2025 entry)

Criterion not stated
6816 m (≈4.24 mi)

2025 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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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
76%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school76%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
Telford and Wrekin average65.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Woolacombe SchoolWoolacombe · 134 miles awayGood70%
Harlands Community Primary & Nursery SchoolUckfield · 165 miles awayNo current grade76%
St John's CofE Primary School, ClivigerBurnley · 68 miles awayGood57%
St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolPrescot · 50 miles awayGood56%
Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys · 80 miles awayGood52%
The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary SchoolColchester · 151 miles awayGood63%
Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · 155 miles awayGood83%
Puriton Primary SchoolBridgwater · 113 miles awayGood79%
Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary SchoolSwindon · 80 miles awayGood91%
Seaton St. Paul's CofE Junior SchoolWorkington · 138 miles awayGood42%
Tankersley St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolBarnsley · 63 miles awayGood81%
Jerome Primary SchoolCannock · 20 miles awayGood84%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Telford and Wrekin 66%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Telford and Wrekin 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Telford and Wrekin 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Telford and Wrekin 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Telford and Wrekin 4%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Telford and Wrekin 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Telford and Wrekin 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Telford and Wrekin 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

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)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.4%
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 · Telford and Wrekin: 2.35 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
25.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

10% 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)

54.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 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 £54,303; 18.2% 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£6,802
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £149,987; in-year balance +£32,892

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.8%62.3%
Social housing6.3%17.1%
Privately rented10.7%20.5%
Detached houses53.1%22.9%
Flats0.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014132 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£325,00024 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£239,000–£421,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£705,000
Semi-detached (17)£253,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

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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