St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham, Lytham St Annes
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Lytham St Annes, part of The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Lancashire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham in detail
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance and forest school.
The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £6.50 per session.
Coming up: an open day on Friday 15 January 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Lancashire
Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 119628), 80% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham
Across Lancashire, 91% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Lancashire lodged 425 appeals against primary school offers; 259 reached a hearing and 71 succeeded (27.4% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham are St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham (under 0.1 miles, Good, 80% reading, 80% maths); Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 81% reading, 68% maths); Lytham Hall Park Primary School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 89% reading, 92% maths); and Ansdell Primary School (1.7 miles, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths).
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, LythamLytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLytham Hall Park Primary SchoolAnsdell Primary School
The trust
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham is one of 20 schools run by The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
All 20 schools in The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Lytham Rail Station, about 930 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Peters RCPS (by), 30 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 52 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109).
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham are St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham (under 0.1 miles); and Lytham St Annes High School (1.8 miles).
St Bede's Catholic High School, LythamLytham St Annes High School
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham (URN 119628), it was rated Good in January 2019. See St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 119628). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 80% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 72% to 80% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 91% to 77% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham
Term dates
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Lancashire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham is in Lancashire; for families living there:
- Lancashire's school travel policy: school transport policies
- How to apply: Apply for free home to school transport assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 6 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 119628). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 29 | 78 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 67 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 23 | 22 | 66 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 30 | 29 | 76 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 24 | 23 | 67 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 24 | 23 | 73 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 26 | 23 | 76 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 26 | 26 | 74 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 30 | 28 | 104 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2017 | 30 | 31 | 92 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 30 | 42 | 99 | 1.4 | 12 |
| 2015 | 30 | 31 | 96 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 30 | 29 | 69 | 1.0 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Lytham St Annes
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Lytham St Annes
Across Lancashire council
Places available
15,442
Applications
12,122
Got 1st preference
91.3%
Got preferred school
98.3%
All primary applications across Lancashire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 119628). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
4.0%
Overall absence
8.4%
Persistent absence
179
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham
Questions parents ask about St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham
Are there exam results for St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham?
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 119628), 80% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham's Ofsted rating?
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham (URN 119628), it was rated Good in January 2019.
What is the catchment area for St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham?
No fixed boundary. When St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham is oversubscribed, Lancashire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham?
Apply through Lancashire's coordinated admissions process, naming St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 6 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham?
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham is at Norfolk Road, Lytham, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4JG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)