St Peter's CofE Primary School, Shrewsbury

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades St Peter's CofE Primary School on 7 areas: 3 expected standard and 4 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders' work in establishing and sustaining regular attendance and positive behaviour is effective."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that pupils in early years make appropriate progress from their starting points."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders provide a suitable range of activities and opportunities to support pupils' wider personal development."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Many pupils achieve well in reading and mathematics at the end of key stage 2."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "School and trust leaders have a clear view of the strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum and teaching."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "The school has processes in place to identify pupils who need extra help to succeed."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Those responsible for governance and trust executive leaders know the school well."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently adapt the curriculum and teaching to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and the needs of disadvantaged pupils, more effectively"; "Leaders should ensure that the curriculum in reading and writing is planned and implemented effectively so that pupils quickly become accurate and fluent readers and writers"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils gain a deep understanding of cultures beyond their own so that pupils are better prepared for life in modern Britain"; "Trustees should ensure that the school's pupil premium strategy is planned, implemented and evaluated rigorously so that the use of the school's pupil premium funding has a positive impact on disadvantaged pupils' achievement"; "Leaders should ensure that they provide high-quality training and professional development for staff in pedagogy, and meeting the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils so that these pupils achieve more highly".

From the headteacher's welcome: "As a church school we aim to serve our community by providing an education of the highest quality within a strong framework of Christian belief and values. Our values of Care, Honesty, Fairness, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect shine through everything we do."

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at St Peter's CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 63% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Shropshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 74% in reading and 75% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 45 families put St Peter's CofE Primary School as their first choice and 59 named it as one of their preferences, for 46 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Peter's CofE Primary School are Newtown CofE Primary School (2.8 miles, Outstanding, 58% reading, 33% maths); Clive CofE Primary School (3.2 miles, 83% reading, 75% maths); Prees CofE Primary School (3.6 miles, Good, 70% reading, 80% maths); and Whixall CofE Primary School (3.7 miles, Good, 93% reading, 79% maths).

St Peter's CofE Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

St Peter's CofE Primary School is one of 8 schools run by Empower Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

4.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 62 pupils (15.3%) received SEN support and 12 (3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Wem Rail Station, about 290 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

21 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is No. 65 (opposite), 140 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 48 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Shropshire (10), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Peter's CofE Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.