St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Stockport·SK1 3PJ
Composite score
21.4
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#14,314
National rank
#2214
In North West
#78
In Stockport
Top 97%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
33%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
13 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 16 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.19
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
150
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
50.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
23.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
40.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,741
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport

St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport is a primary school in Stockport, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 150 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 33% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 9.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport their first choice was offered one of its 16 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 10.4%. There are about 14.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 51% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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