St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Newport, Isle of Wight·PO30 1NR
Composite score
32.2
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#13,065
National rank
#1952
In South East
#23
In Isle of Wight
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
37%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
30
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.21
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.8720240.7420250.952026

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

Every child who put St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
201
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,362
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Newport, Isle of Wight, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 201 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. 37% 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 risen by 11.0 percentage points year on 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 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic 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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