St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Rossendale and DarwenConstituency

BB4 9EZPostcode

8.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

It currently serves 152 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 77%
Higher standard: 19%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

94%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

152

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 152
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
11 Nov 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
10 Dec 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.