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St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 229Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 140805URN

North Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7DG · 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
2.0per place
0.6 above Stoke-on-Trent median (1.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent

57 applications for 28 places · 3rd of 63 in Stoke-on-Trent
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
58%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 15 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.0applications per place, Reception
0.6 above Stoke-on-Trent median (1.4) close to England median (2.2)

57 applications · 28 places offered · 26 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.4
  2. 2025 2.0; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.5
  3. 2024 2.2; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.5
  4. 2023 2.7; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.6
  5. 2022 2.5; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.1; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.3; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
  8. 2019 2.0; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
  10. 2017 3.3; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.6; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  12. 2015 2.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  13. 2014 2.6; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Stoke-on-Trent median in 12 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Stoke-on-Trent median

Dashed bars: as St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School (URN 124319), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202628572.0260.93
Sep 202530602.0311.03
Sep 202430652.2391.30
Sep 202329772.7411.41
Sep 202229712.5401.38
Sep 202130642.1311.03
Sep 202030692.3361.20
Sep 201928572.0260.93
Sep 201830832.8351.17
Sep 201729953.3451.55
Sep 201629742.6371.28
Sep 201529802.8341.17
Sep 2014 *30782.6391.30

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 77% · Writing 77% · Maths 68% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard58%43rd of 64 in Stoke-on-Trent
Reading
Expected standard77%
Higher standard26%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard77%
Greater depth16%
Maths
Expected standard68%
Higher standard19%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Stoke-on-Trent median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2558%10%105103
2023/2463%13%106106
2022/2383%20%107107

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

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  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140805 · 861/3408
Trust
St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
240 pupils · 229 on roll
Free school meals
14.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2014
Replaced
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School (URN 124319)
Address
North Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7DG
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent

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