Primary
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch
St Peter's Road, Newchurch, Rossendale, BB4 9EZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 152 of 150 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.0
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 13.8
- Pupils per adult
- 10.9
- Pupils
- 151
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
74%
15 points above the Rossendale average (59% across 13 schools)
108.0
2.9 above the Rossendale average (105.1 across 13 schools)
1st of 13 by our score, among the primary schools in Rossendale we can score - 14 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 108 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 74% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 84% |
| 23/24 | 77% |
| 24/25 | 74% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 108.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 108.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
St Peter's Road, Newchurch, Rossendale, BB4 9EZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Helen Sullivan
- Address
- St Peter's Road, Newchurch, Rossendale, BB4 9EZ
- Telephone
- 01706229972
Other primary schools nearby
- Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School3.4/10
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School6.7/10
- Waterfoot Primary School6.6/10
- Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School5.1/10
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall4.1/10
- Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School4.7/10