St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks

Academy converter·Primary school Sevenoaks, Kent·TN13 1EH
Composite score
87.0
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#346
National rank
#44
In South East
#10
In Kent
Top 2%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
89%
% achieving higher RWM
25%
Reading average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
76%
34 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.13
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
85
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9020230.9520240.9020251.132026

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

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
214
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
2.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,837
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks is a primary school serving Sevenoaks, Kent, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 214 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 89% 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 7.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 2% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 25% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 34 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.4%. There are about 25.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks 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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