St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Winchelsea, East Sussex·TN36 4ED
Composite score
76.4
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#1,012
National rank
#138
In South East
#3
In East Sussex
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
22%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
79%
28 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
1.27
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.23
00.511.52
1 per place
1.1020221.5520231.1520241.0420251.272026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School yet. East Sussex does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
139
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,292
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School

St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School is a primary school in Winchelsea, East Sussex, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 139 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. 78% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 13.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 22% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 28 first choices for 22 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 24.0 pupils per teacher. St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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