St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Doncaster

From the headteacher's welcome: "St. Peter's is a warm and welcoming school where every member of the community is valued and celebrated as an individual with unique qualities, gifts and talents. Our aim is to create and develop an inclusive school, which provides a high quality education for all children."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £3.50 per session.

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils at St Peter's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 66% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 77% in Doncaster and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 80% in reading and 80% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 29 families put St Peter's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 60 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Peter's Catholic Primary School are Lakeside Primary Academy (under 0.1 miles, Good, 63% reading, 61% maths); Bessacarr Primary (0.8 miles, Good, 81% reading, 84% maths); Town Field Primary School (1 mile, 63% reading, 72% maths); and Intake Primary Academy (1 mile, Good, 84% reading, 84% maths).

St Peter's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

St Peter's Catholic Primary School is one of 15 schools run by St Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

42 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Peter's Catholic Primary School (as of September 2025): 71% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 25% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (83%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (25%).

16.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 33.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (45%), Asian (11%) and Black (9%).

The nearest railway station is Doncaster Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

In August 2026, police recorded 255 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Doncaster (131), as is usual near a town centre.

St Peter's Catholic Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to St Peter's Catholic Primary School are XP East (0.3 miles), XP School (0.4 miles), Hall Cross Academy (0.9 miles) and Doncaster UTC (1 mile).