St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School
About the school
St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School is an open all-through school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 19 September 2023
- Published
- 12 November 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 47
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 50.5
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 46.90%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 56.70%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 67.40%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 74.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 23.40%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 44.10%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.02
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 4.54
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C+
Average A-level points
- School
- 33.67
AAB or better
- School
- 8.70%
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 68%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 11%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 11%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 85%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 77%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 82%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 75%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 79%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 75%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 89%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 74%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 40%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 31%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 92%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 108
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 106
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1943
Girls
50.39%
Boys
49.61%
SEN support
14.31%
Education, health and care plan
3.86%
English as an additional language
20.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
13.57%
Overall absence
7.42
Persistent absence
22.08
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
240
Sustained education or employment
95%
Education
91%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
4%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
169
Sustained education or employment
87%
Higher education
44%
Further education
3%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
31%