St Thomas More Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Peterborough·PE1 5JW
Composite score
23.4
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#14,194
National rank
#1599
In East of England
#56
In Peterborough
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
36%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
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%
45 first choices, 47 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
78
any preference, for 47 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.9820231.0820240.9320250.962026

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

Every child who put St Thomas More 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
417
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
72.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,371
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Thomas More Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Peterborough, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 417 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Thomas More Catholic Primary School 'Good'. 36% 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 1.0 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 101 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Thomas More Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 47 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 23.3 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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