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St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Poplar Drive, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 4HT · stthomascofeacademy.org · 01782 787099
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 56%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Staffordshire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 189
- 92% of 205 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.2%
- First language not English
- 1.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Three Spires Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 24 families put the school first and 26 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 | 26 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 20 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Staffordshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼56% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124380)
Ofsted
St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 December 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Dec 2023 found: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Dec 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124380), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124380)
Before September 2019
Jul 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124380)
Jul 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124380)
What parents said
44% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 44%
- Replies
- 54
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (20%) with SEND