Garnet Street, Wapping, London E1W 3QT
10 reasons to choose St Peter's London Docks Church of England Primary School
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St Peter’s London Docks Church of England Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in Wapping and one of the 7 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
St Peter’s London Docks Church of England Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Church of England voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2019) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
St Peter’s London Docks Church of England Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 28 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Peter’s London Docks Church of England Primary School ranks in the top 10% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 5% of schools.
The St Peter's London Docks Church of England Primary School curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Christian social morality and also includes PSHE, philosophy, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip for Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for drama and music.
Sport at St Peter's London Docks Church of England Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Peter's London Docks Church of England Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 8.00am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near St Peter's London Docks Church of England Primary School
St Paul’s Cathedral School (2.2 miles); The Lyceum (2.5 miles).
St Paul’s Whitechapel Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles); Bigland Green Primary School (0.7 miles); English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Aldgate (0.8 miles).
City of London School (1.9 miles); City of London School for Girls (2 miles).
Mulberry School for Girls (0.6 miles); Bishop Challoner Catholic Federations of Girls School (0.7 miles); Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School (1.1 miles).