St Peter’s has undergone a number of inspections in recent years.  A full Ofsted inspection was carried out in October 2002 by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), and an Ofsted inspection of our nursery facilities was undertaken in January 2005.  The Commission for Social Care Inspection carried out an inspection in the form of a consultation with our boarders in November 2004. During the day, they asked our pupils if they were happy and how they well were cared for. The summary of their findings is below. 

The summary findings were:

Full Inspection – “St Peter’s is a very good school which provides a high quality of education and excellent standards of care to both boarding and day pupils.  It has a distinctive family ethos and strong sense of community, created by dedicated and hard-working staff. In this community, pupils develop to their potential in most attractive surroundings, where they enjoy their learning to the full”.

Click here for a full report www.isinspect.org.uk

Nursery Inspection – “St Peter’s School provides high quality nursery education and children make very good progress towards the early learning goals, in all areas of learning.  Teaching is very good. Staff have an excellent understanding of the foundation stage curriculum and are committed to the ethos of learning through play...  Leadership and management are very good.  There is a whole-school commitment to the constant monitoring and improvement of provision with excellent systems in place to support this reflective practice...  Partnership with parents is very good.  Staff provide excellent information about the curriculum, during an initial visit and in termly newsletters, which detail learning intentions in all areas of learning”.

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Boarding Inspection - “The standards in this school are very high.  In this inspection, six standards were exceeded....this is an exceptional achievement.  The school excels in preparing children for their next school through the Leavers' Programme and providing a high quality 6-part course on Team Building and Leadership for senior pupils.  The relationships between staff and pupils are exceptionally good.  Every aspect of the school regime is aimed at helping children to become happy, fulfilled and useful members of society and the strength of their relationships with staff is clearly an important part of this work.  The school considers a healthy diet and lots of exercise to be of the utmost importance.  Boarders have a good choice of activities both indoors and outdoors”.