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St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School

  • 4–18Ages
  • 1,967Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137349URN

St Catherine's Road, Bournemouth, BH6 4AH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.7per place
0.9 above Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

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672 applications for 184 places · 2nd of 21 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
49.2of 90
8th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 19 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.7applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7) 1.4 above England median (2.2)

672 applications · 184 places offered · 180 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  3. 2024 3.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  4. 2023 3.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  5. 2022 3.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  6. 2021 3.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.0
  8. 2019 3.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  12. 2015 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Reception entry, September 2026: 2.6 per place (155 applications for 59 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261846723.71800.98
Sep 20251714552.71791.05
Sep 20241755873.41991.14
Sep 20231775773.31981.12
Sep 20221745793.32311.33
Sep 20211766033.42041.16
Sep 20202306732.93001.30
Sep 20192367313.13661.55
Sep 20182386902.93291.38
Sep 20172396532.72741.15
Sep 20162395892.52621.10
Sep 20152385192.22160.91
Sep 20142375522.32521.06

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

237 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.28th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 5 or above in English and maths55%10th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 4 or above in English and maths78%
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.15
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23749.255%78%–
2024/2523947.047%67%–
2023/2423949.054%75%+0.15
2022/2324046.445%68%+0.01

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
137349 · 839/5408
Trust
St Peter's Catholic Voluntary Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,650 pupils · 1,967 on roll
Free school meals
14.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School (URN 113908)
Address
St Catherine's Road, Bournemouth, BH6 4AH
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources