What did Ofsted judge St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in May 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?

St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School has 225 pupils on roll.

What ages does St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School take?

St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School admits pupils aged 7 to 11.

Where is St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School located?

St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School is located in Wisbech, PE13 2ES, Cambridgeshire.

How do I apply to St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?

St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Does St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School have a religious character?

Yes — St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School has a religious character of Church of England. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

How are Year 3 places decided at St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?

When St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and previously looked after children including those who appear (to the Admissions Authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Sibling — Where the child has a sibling in the school or a sibling has already been offered a place at the school, and where the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission but not in a specialist unit or a specialist resource base for Hearing Impaired provision or in a nursery/pre-school. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap; 3. Children of staff — Children of staff recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. DEMAT is required to approve the Headteachers' designation of such posts and confirm the assessment that a member of staff appointed meets the requirements of the shortage. Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry in any year, and 2 further criteria. Tie-break: If DEMAT is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria, including those who live in blocks of flats, places will be offered via a random draw which will be supervised by someone independent of the school.

What is the largest ethnic background at St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 52.4% of pupils at St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 3), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and previously looked after children including those who appear (to the Admissions Authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Sibling — Where the child has a sibling in the school or a sibling has already been offered a place at the school, and where the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission but not in a specialist unit or a specialist resource base for Hearing Impaired provision or in a nursery/pre-school. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap.
3Children of staff — Children of staff recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. DEMAT is required to approve the Headteachers' designation of such posts and confirm the assessment that a member of staff appointed meets the requirements of the shortage. Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry in any year.
4Church place applicants — Parents or carers of children who are applying for a church place who specifically wish their children to be educated at a Church of England school. These places will be prioritised in the following order: Families linked to the parish church, Families linked to other Church of England churches, Families linked to other Christian churches. Within these categories applicants will be prioritised as follows: Families at the heart of their church (attending monthly or more frequently over a period of one year directly preceding the admissions deadline date), Families known to their church (attending less frequently than monthly over a period of one year directly preceding the admissions deadline date).
5All other applicants

If two applications tie: If DEMAT is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria, including those who live in blocks of flats, places will be offered via a random draw which will be supervised by someone independent of the school.

The PAN of 60 is stated for Reception entry. The document notes this is a Junior School and parents must make a separate application when transferring from infant to junior school. Distance (straight-line) is used as a tie-break within criteria before the random draw final tie-breaker. The document numbers the oversubscription criteria starting at 1 twice (LAC as 1, then sibling also as 1), which appears to be a numbering error in the original; criteria have been ranked in sequential order as they appear.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in May 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?: St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School has 225 pupils on roll.
What ages does St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School take?: St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School admits pupils aged 7 to 11.
Where is St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School located?: St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School is located in Wisbech, PE13 2ES, Cambridgeshire.
How do I apply to St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?: St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
Does St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School have a religious character?: Yes — St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School has a religious character of Church of England. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.
How are Year 3 places decided at St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?: When St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and previously looked after children including those who appear (to the Admissions Authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Sibling — Where the child has a sibling in the school or a sibling has already been offered a place at the school, and where the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission but not in a specialist unit or a specialist resource base for Hearing Impaired provision or in a nursery/pre-school. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap; 3. Children of staff — Children of staff recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. DEMAT is required to approve the Headteachers' designation of such posts and confirm the assessment that a member of staff appointed meets the requirements of the shortage. Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry in any year, and 2 further criteria. Tie-break: If DEMAT is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria, including those who live in blocks of flats, places will be offered via a random draw which will be supervised by someone independent of the school.
What is the largest ethnic background at St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 52.4% of pupils at St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 3), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and previously looked after children including those who appear (to the Admissions Authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Sibling — Where the child has a sibling in the school or a sibling has already been offered a place at the school, and where the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission but not in a specialist unit or a specialist resource base for Hearing Impaired provision or in a nursery/pre-school. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap.
3Children of staff — Children of staff recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. DEMAT is required to approve the Headteachers' designation of such posts and confirm the assessment that a member of staff appointed meets the requirements of the shortage. Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry in any year.
4Church place applicants — Parents or carers of children who are applying for a church place who specifically wish their children to be educated at a Church of England school. These places will be prioritised in the following order: Families linked to the parish church, Families linked to other Church of England churches, Families linked to other Christian churches. Within these categories applicants will be prioritised as follows: Families at the heart of their church (attending monthly or more frequently over a period of one year directly preceding the admissions deadline date), Families known to their church (attending less frequently than monthly over a period of one year directly preceding the admissions deadline date).
5All other applicants

St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in May 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?: St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School has 225 pupils on roll.
What ages does St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School take?: St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School admits pupils aged 7 to 11.
Where is St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School located?: St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School is located in Wisbech, PE13 2ES, Cambridgeshire.
How do I apply to St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?: St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
Does St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School have a religious character?: Yes — St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School has a religious character of Church of England. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.
How are Year 3 places decided at St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?: When St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and previously looked after children including those who appear (to the Admissions Authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Sibling — Where the child has a sibling in the school or a sibling has already been offered a place at the school, and where the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission but not in a specialist unit or a specialist resource base for Hearing Impaired provision or in a nursery/pre-school. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap; 3. Children of staff — Children of staff recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. DEMAT is required to approve the Headteachers' designation of such posts and confirm the assessment that a member of staff appointed meets the requirements of the shortage. Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry in any year, and 2 further criteria. Tie-break: If DEMAT is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria, including those who live in blocks of flats, places will be offered via a random draw which will be supervised by someone independent of the school.
What is the largest ethnic background at St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 52.4% of pupils at St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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