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St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
North Street, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7DG · st-thomasaquinas.stoke.sch.uk · 01782 307530
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 58%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Stoke-on-Trent 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Stoke On Trent Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 229
- 95% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14.8%
- First language not English
- 55.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Stoke On Trent Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 28 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 28 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 39 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 40 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
Results
In 2024/25, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Stoke-on-Trent it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼58% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 15 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Apr 2009
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Jun 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 29
- 12% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 14% who had a child bullied