Hough Hill Road, Stalybridge, Cheshire SK15 2HB
10 reasons to choose St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Stalybridge
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St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Stalybridge has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in Stalybridge and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Stalybridge is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 10 members of Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection.
Average class size
St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Stalybridge has one class per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Stalybridge ranks in the top 1% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 4% of schools.
The St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Stalybridge curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. It is subject based with some cross-curricular projects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Stalybridge
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Stalybridge
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.50am to 3.20pm though after school clubs may extend the day to 4.30pm.
Find another school near St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Stalybridge
Trinity Christian School, Primary (0.6 miles); Hulme Grammar Prep School (5.6 miles); The Chadderton Preparatory Grammar School (7.5 miles).
Stalyhill Junior School (1.6 miles); St Raphael’s Catholic Primary School, Stalybridge (1.6 miles); Millbrook Primary School (2.2 miles).
Trinity Christian School, Stalybridge (0.6 miles); Hulme Grammar School (5.6 miles); Covenant Christian School (7.9 miles).
St Damian’s RC Science College (2.9 miles); Mossley Hollins High School (3.5 miles); St Thomas More RC College Specialising in Mathematics and Computing (4.5 miles).