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St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy

4–11Ages
274Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
138185URN

Newstead Road, Leicester, LE2 3TA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.2per place

0.6 above Leicester median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicester

78 applications for 35 places · 2nd of 72 in Leicester

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

88%met the expected standard

Leicester 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 23 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.2applications per place, Reception

0.6 above Leicester median (1.6) close to England median (2.2)

78 applications · 35 places offered · 34 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.2; Leicester median median 1.6
2025 2.0; Leicester median median 1.7
2024 2.4; Leicester median median 1.7
2023 2.1; Leicester median median 1.6
2022 2.3; Leicester median median 1.6
2021 2.5; Leicester median median 1.7
2020 2.4; Leicester median median 1.7
2019 2.4; Leicester median median 1.5
2018 2.0; Leicester median median 1.6
2017 3.0; Leicester median median 1.6
2016 2.7; Leicester median median 1.9
2015 3.4; Leicester median median 1.9
2014 2.5; Leicester median median 1.7

More applications per place than the Leicester median in 13 of 13 years.

This school
Leicester median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	35	78	2.2	34	0.97
Sep 2025	40	81	2.0	37	0.93
Sep 2024	40	97	2.4	41	1.02
Sep 2023	40	83	2.1	41	1.02
Sep 2022	40	90	2.3	44	1.10
Sep 2021	40	98	2.5	54	1.35
Sep 2020	40	97	2.4	43	1.08
Sep 2019	40	94	2.4	52	1.30
Sep 2018	40	78	2.0	49	1.23
Sep 2017	40	118	3.0	58	1.45
Sep 2016	40	106	2.7	42	1.05
Sep 2015	39	132	3.4	71	1.82
Sep 2014	40	99	2.5	53	1.33

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 90% · Writing 90% · Maths 90% → all three 88% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard88%1st of 71 in Leicester

Leicester 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard90%

Leicester 74% England 78%

Higher standard63%

Leicester 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard90%

Leicester 71% England 75%

Greater depth20%

Leicester 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard90%

Leicester 76% England 77%

Higher standard50%

Leicester 28% England 24%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Leicester median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	88%	18%	110	109
2023/24	88%	8%	108	107
2022/23	77%	10%	109	108

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary AcademyThis school
This school

Good2022

2.2applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
Avenue Primary School
0.7 km · Leicester

Standards maintained2025

2.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
St John the Baptist CofE Primary School
0.8 km · Leicester

Good2023

2.0applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Overdale Junior School
0.9 km · Leicester

Remains Good2022

62%met the SATs standard
Overdale Infant School
1.0 km · Leicester

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.6applications per place
Knighton Mead Primary Academy
1.6 km · Leicester

Standards maintained2025

2.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Evington Valley Primary School
1.7 km · Leicester

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Medway Community Primary School
1.9 km · Leicester

Remains Good2022

1.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Mayflower Primary School
1.9 km · Leicester

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 60%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 138185 · 856/3426
Trust: St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 280 pupils · 274 on roll
Free school meals: 6.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 June 2012
Replaced: St Thomas More Catholic Primary School (URN 120226)
Address: Newstead Road, Leicester, LE2 3TA
Local authority: Leicester

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources