The Aims of St Peter’s

St Peter's is an outstanding school, where students from a wide range of backgrounds achieve well.

Every child matters here and the Catholic ethos of the school supports and develops this mantra.

A community where Christian principles and the importance of each individual are paramount.

This is an inclusive and diverse community where each and all are valued and where the school is proactive in meeting the needs of its members.

The school makes outstanding progress with pupils who have a learning difficulty and/or disability, including those with statements of educational need.

Parents' belief that the school provides a safe environment supports the inspection team's view that the school gives strong support to the welfare of its students.

Students are very confident in the school's processes for ensuring their safety. They know who they can turn to if they have a problem and believe that school staff respond very well when any incident of bullying occurs.

Pastoral care is outstanding, universally recognised by parents and pupils alike.

This very inclusive school makes a good contribution to promoting community cohesion.

Learners work well and the mutual respect shown by and for teachers leads to very good working relationships in the classroom.

Leadership of the school is outstanding

Challenge and “striving for excellence” as stated in the school Mission Statement drive the community forward and here governors play a major role in monitoring and evaluating initiatives and progress.

Leadership and management of curriculum Religious Education is outstanding.

The school is at the forefront of innovative curriculum practice.

The leadership of the headteacher is inspirational and he is supported by an outstanding senior team.

St. Peter’s is an outstanding Catholic school.

The leadership and management of the Catholic life of the school are judged to be outstanding by the school and the inspector.

Learners are attentive and pray with respect.

Prayer and worship are part of the everyday experience for learners and staff at St. Peter’s.

The school ethos of respect can be seen in the classroom and in other areas of school life.

This is an inclusive and diverse community where each and all are valued and where the school is proactive in meeting the needs of its members.

The quality of provision to promote equalities is outstanding.

The curriculum is highly relevant to students’ needs and interests and promotes equality of opportunity outstandingly well.

Students for whom English is an additional language, including those at an early stage of learning the language , are very well supported.

Students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their lessons and achieve well.

Students respond well to the school's many activities that promote business and enterprise skills, they make good progress in their literacy, numeracy and ICT skills, and also attend well.

Pupils behave well while excellent relationships reflect the impact the Mission Statement has on daily life.

The excellent curriculum is well designed and caters very well for the range of needs, interests and abilities of students in the school. It is a key factor in students' raised attainment, above average attendance and below average exclusions.

Outstanding national and international achievements in basketball, football and drama productions.

The school’s specialist status has contributed to the school’s success through enabling the school to offer a broad range of vocational options and cater more closely for individual interests.

Improved attainment has been achieved alongside improved attendance and reduced exclusions. These factors, together with the school’s good processes for self-evaluation and action planning, demonstrate outstanding capacity to improve.

The school’s self-evaluation is excellent. Governors, leadership and managers are actively engaged in rigorously monitoring and evaluating initiatives while supporting progress and achievement.

Governors, under the leadership of a dedicated and caring chair fulfil with skill and enthusiasm their challenge to maintain the quality and momentum of improvement in the school.

The school is well placed to improve further.

Staff share a common sense of purpose and work very effectively together to overcome barriers to learning, and to effect and sustain improvements.