St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy

School overview

St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Sheffield, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 199 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 19.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 102 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Competition for places is real here - 86% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (35 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy 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.