Peter Hills with St Mary's and St Paul's CofE Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school excels at helping pupils discover a love of reading and at giving them clear, helpful feedback on their work. Teachers have high expectations for all children and create a positive, respectful learning environment. The school is particularly skilled at supporting disadvantaged pupils and those with special needs, ensuring they progress as well as their peers.
Key Strengths
- Pupils are passionate about reading and make excellent progress, with the school effectively promoting reading across the curriculum
- Teaching is consistently good with some outstanding lessons that use skilful questioning to deepen pupils' thinking
- Pupils receive very clear feedback through one-to-one reviews and understand how to take responsibility for their own learning
- Behaviour is consistently good throughout the school with pupils showing mutual respect and working well together
- Strong leadership from the headteacher and deputy has improved achievement, teaching, and behaviour since the previous inspection
Areas for Improvement
- Not enough excellent teaching yet - need to share outstanding practice more systematically across the school
- Teachers' questioning needs to more consistently require pupils to justify and reason through their thinking
- Writing standards are not yet as high as reading and mathematics, particularly for higher-achieving pupils in Key Stage 1
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - pupils feel safe and are able to explain how to stay safe in various situations, including when using the internet.
Peter Hills with St Mary's and St Paul's CofE Primary School is a good school where pupils make strong progress from below-average starting points to achieve above-average standards by Year 6. The school has improved significantly since the previous inspection under strong leadership.
At a Glance
51.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 80%. Maths has improved from 73% to 80%. Writing has remained stable at around 67%.
Class Sizes
17.3
Avg class size
15.0
Infant (KS1)
26.5
KS2
6
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
40%
Available places
84 pupils
210 capacity
126 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
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Admissions Demand - Southwark
Places available
3,264
Applications
2,205
Got 1st preference
84.7%
Got preferred school
98.6%
Primary admissions across Southwark (2025/26)
Inspection History(107)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
9.14356%
Overall absence
35.05155%
Persistent absence
97
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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