St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Chatham, Medway·ME5 0NF
Composite score
72.9
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#1,396
National rank
#193
In South East
#4
In Medway
Top 9%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
19%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
41 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
109
any preference, for 44 places
Applications from another council area
6%

Every child who put St Thomas More Roman 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
410
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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About St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School

St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Chatham, Medway, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 410 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 15.0 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 among the top 9% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 19% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 41 families who put it first were offered a place. St Thomas More Roman 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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