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St Peter's Catholic Primary School

Billericay, CM11 2UB · Essex · primary school

Ofsted: Outstanding · 2024 Mixed Primary Roman Catholic
OfstedOutstanding
Pupils417
FSM5.5%
KS2 expected96%
AI summary of the Ofsted report Inspected 2024-03-21 · Tap to collapse

Generated by AI from the official inspection report — not written by Ofsted or SchoolsGPT staff. Always read the full Ofsted PDF before relying on this summary.

Overview: St Peter's Catholic Primary School is an outstanding school that provides a highly inclusive and effective education to its pupils. The school has high expectations of its pupils, who achieve exceptionally well and behave incredibly well. Pupils are safe and happy, and they are confident to ask for help if they have any worries.

Strengths:

  • The school has created a curriculum that is of a high quality, carefully mapping out what pupils will learn and do.
  • Staff are highly skilled at teaching the well-embedded phonics programme, and pupils quickly learn the sounds that letters make and become confident readers.
  • The school has created a love of reading from Reception, and children regularly revisit familiar stories and songs to develop their language and vocabulary.
  • Staff at all levels are well trained to support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and they adapt the curriculum with precision for pupils so that they learn in line with their peers.
  • The school works effectively with external agencies, ensuring that pupils get the support they need to learn successfully.

Areas to improve: The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Catchment / designated area

'Priority admission area' (catchment) is an explicit oversubscription criterion before the distance tiebreaker; Essex publishes an online catchment-area finder.

Source: Essex admissions policy

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2024-02-13)

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding

What the entrance test covers

Essex has TWO different 11+ tests: 1. The CSSE exam — used by King Edward VI Grammar School (Chelmsford), Colchester Royal Grammar School, Colchester County High School for Girls, and the Southend grammar schools: English (60 minutes — comprehension, applied reasoning and a short continuous-writing element) and Mathematics (60 minutes, Key Stage 2-based), each marked out of 60. NO verbal or non-verbal reasoning; written (not purely multiple-choice) answers. One registration (csse.org.uk) and one mid-September sitting covers all CSSE schools; a combined standardised score around 303+ has historically been the consideration threshold. 2. Chelmsford County High School for Girls — NOT in the CSSE: it runs its own FSCE (Future Stories Community Enterprise) test, registered direct with the school on a separate date. FSCE questions can draw on the whole primary curriculum to the end of Year 5, in a different style from the CSSE papers — a girl applying to CCHS plus other Essex grammars prepares for two different exam formats.

Similar schools nearby

Same area, prioritising the same phase — useful for shortlisting alternatives.

South Green Infant School 0.6 mi · Primary · Good Billericay, CM11 2TG South Green Junior School 0.6 mi · Primary · Good Billericay, CM12 9RJ Sunnymede Primary School 0.9 mi · Primary · Good Billericay, CM11 2HL Quilters Junior School 1.2 mi · Primary · Outstanding Billericay, CM12 9LD Quilters Infant School 1.2 mi · Primary · Outstanding Billericay, CM12 9LD Noak Bridge Primary School 1.7 mi · Primary · Good Basildon, SS15 4JS

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Essex admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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