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St Peter's Catholic Primary School
We are deeply proud of everything that St Peter's Catholic Primary School has achieved. For over a century it has been an important part of the community, and Ofsted recently praised the school for its ethos and approaches, as well as the children’s “impeccable behaviour”, and outcome and opportunities continue to strengthen.
Sadly, however, despite the hard work and efforts of so many people, the number of young people coming to school continues to drop as the local birthrate declines. This year our reception class is around a quarter of what it should be – and, given that schools are funded on the number of pupils that we have, this means we are in a very difficult financial position.
That is why, with a very heavy heart, the Secretary of State for Education and Directors of the St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust have made the hugely difficult decision to go through a phased closure of St Peter’s over the next two years.