St Peter’s Catholic High School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher and senior leadership team have established a welcoming and inclusive community.

They are determined to provide the best possible education for pupils in the school. Leaders have taken effective action to address areas of weakness following a dip in pupil's progress. This was partly caused by turbulence in staffing.

The leadership of teaching and learning has been strengthened. The quality of teaching has improved and is now good. Teachers make good use of their strong subject knowledge to develop pupils' skills.

Outcomes require improvement because pupils have not achieved well enough across a range of subjects o...ver time. Current pupils are now making much better progress across the curriculum. Consequently, outcomes are rapidly moving towards good.

Leaders have introduced a range of initiatives to improve the progress made by boys, and their work is having a positive impact on their progress. However, some teachers do not have high enough expectations of what boys can achieve and do not promote pride in their work. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is strong.

Pupils are well prepared for life in modern Britain. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Pupils feel safe and well supported.

Pupils are polite and friendly. They have strong relationships with each other and their teachers. Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school site.

Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make good progress because of the support that they are given. The progress of disadvantaged pupils is improving. However, there are still some differences in the progress made by these pupils and other pupils nationally.

Pupils enjoy coming to school. Their attendance is above the national average. The curriculum is broad and enhanced by a wide array of extra-curricular activities.

Pupils have many opportunities to develop their leadership skills. Some middle leaders are new to post. They are at the early stages of developing their knowledge and skills in improving the curriculum and teaching in their subject areas.

Governors have an accurate view of the strengths and weaknesses of the school. They challenge and support leaders effectively. The quality of careers advice and guidance that pupils receive is good.

As a result, most pupils move into education, employment or training.

Information about this school

This is a Roman Catholic voluntary-aided school. The school was inspected under section 48 of the Education Act 2005 in July 2017.

The majority of pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is below the national average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is well below the national average.

The proportion of pupils with SEND is below the national average. The proportion of pupils who have an education, health and care plan is broadly average. The school uses alternative provision for a small number of pupils at the following providers: Fir Tree, Fix-It, One Vision Media, and Wigan and Leigh College.