Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Rossendale · BB4 7UA · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 119664
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch
Voluntary aided school · Rossendale · BB4 9EZ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
152
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Rossendale, Lancashire, 152 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 7.9%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Salford.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119664
Location
- Address
- St Peter's Road, Newchurch
- Postcode
- BB4 9EZ
- Town
- Rossendale
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Rossendale
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 152
- Boys / girls
- 75 / 77
- School capacity
- 150
- Capacity fill
- 152 / 150 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 7.9%
- FSM pupils
- 12
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Sullivan
- Telephone
- 01706229972
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-10-15
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 84%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 12%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0