St Peter's Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Minniecroft Road, Burnham, SL1 7DE – View on map
- Phone: 01628602295
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Tanya Morris
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 36 families put it first for 30 places – 12 for every 10 places. 72% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 9 · 2025 14 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 69
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.4%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Buckinghamshire average)
- English as an additional language: 15% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.8% a year (Buckinghamshire 16.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Buckinghamshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Buckinghamshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 21 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 7 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 53% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points below the Buckinghamshire average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 61% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 61%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 72% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 100
- Based on: 32 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 117th of 141 junior and primary schools in the area
- =117Ivingswood Academy53%
- =117North Marston Church of England School53%
- =117St Peter's Church of England Primary School53%
- =117Stone Church of England Combined School53%
- =117Waddesdon Village Primary School53%
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65th of 84 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for Ofsted rating
- #63St Nicolas' Church of England Combined SchoolGood
- #64St Paul's Church of England Combined School, WooburnGood
- #65St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #66Steeple Claydon School and Pre-SchoolGood
- #67Stoke Mandeville Combined SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,041 (2024-25)
24th of 122 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for spending per pupil
- #22Claytons Primary School£8,085
- #23Ash Hill Primary School£8,053
- #24St Peter's Church of England Primary School£8,041
- #25St Mary's Farnham Royal CofE Primary School£7,966
- #26Stoke Mandeville Combined School£7,798
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