St Peter's Church of England Primary School

St Peter's Church of England Primary School is a Church of England primary school located on Vicarage Road, Swinton in England next to St Peter's Church and is a two-minute walk from Swinton Shopping Centre. The school is also located near Salford Civic Centre (formerly Swinton and Pendlebury Town Hall). The school is just over the road from the Deans Primary School. Because the school is a religious school, it makes use of the church that it is named after.

St Peter's Church, Swinton

School layout

St Peter's School is split into two areas, Juniors and Infants. With 11 classrooms. In between the two sections is a folding partition. This allows the two halls to be joined into one big hall, allowing for the productions at the end of the year, as well as the end of term assemblies..
The playground is then divided into three areas, Junior, Infant and the Nursery. Each section of the school has its own playground that is separate from the other two, although there is a gate to provide access to any teacher wishing to move about the playground. In 2006, markings were painted upon the ground to allow children to play within certain areas. Also, in summer children are allowed to play on the field.

Admissions

Like most primary schools in England, St. Peter's caters to children aged 3 to 11 (Years 1 to 6).^[2] In January 2011 the school placed 12th in the list of most popular primary schools in the city of Salford, with there being 30 places available with 40 parents listing the school as the first choice for their children leaving a surplus of 10 children.^[3] St Peter's is a feeder school for Moorside High School. At the time of the previous inspection children's skills on entry to the Nursery were below average but they have declined since then and are now well below average.

History

St. Peter's C. E. Primary School was not originally on the site that it now sits upon (the original 19th century school was where the Swinton Shopping Centre now stands). It was a much smaller school and therefore a much bigger building was needed. The current building started being constructed in 1905 and the work was finished in 1906. The school first opened its doors 1906 and has remained virtually unchanged ever since. Although when the school was built, boys and girls were separated and entered and left the school through different entrances and exits to each other, this has now changed with pupils entering the school through the main entrance.

The school is subject to frequent outbreaks of vandalism and theft of outdoor and computer equipment.

News

The school made the news in August 2016 when it was discovered that, James King, a teacher and head of year at the school had been stealing laptops and iPads to fund a gambling habit. This included four iPad Airs and three Asus Netbooks which should have been used to help his students, in total he took the devices into different pawnbrokers to gain £1,620. He has since been banned from teaching indefinitely.^[4]

Awards

The school achieved;

• Basic Skills Quality Mark in November 2005.
• Healthy Schools Award in spring 2006 and the Artsmark Silver Award in May 2006.^[5]

School productions

St Peter's has staged many much loved musicals over the years. These have included Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, performed in 2001, Alice in Wonderland, performed in 2002 and Oliver!, performed in 2003. The school staged another prefromance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 2008 to say farewell to the then Headteacher, Mrs Walker as this was the first performance she experienced at the school.

Notable former pupils

• CBBC Presenter Chris Johnson who attended between 2000 and 2002, Who went on to attend Moorside High School.
• Salford City Radio Presenter Lewis Ryan who attended until 2002, Who also went on to attend Moorside High School.

References

1. ↑ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105948
2. ↑ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105948
3. ↑ http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/education/s/1404653_race_for_a_place_most_popular_primary_schools_in_salford_revealed
4. ↑ http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/teacher-banned-for-stealing-ipads-11738439
5. ↑ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105948

External links

• Official Site

Coordinates: 53°30′43″N 2°20′33″W / 53.51194°N 2.34250°W / 53.51194; -2.34250