St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Stoke-on-Trent·ST4 7DG
Composite score
49.4
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#7,474
National rank
#765
In West Midlands
#30
In Stoke-on-Trent
Top 51%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
57
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.52
1 per place
1.3820221.4120231.3020241.0320250.932026

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

Every child who put St Thomas Aquinas 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
234
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
53.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,436
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Stoke-on-Trent, St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 234 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 58% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% 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 Aquinas Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 23.9 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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