St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School

Stoke-on-Trent · ST4 7DG

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 229 pupils, 14.8% FSM

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St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School

General Information

Address: North Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7DG – View on map
Phone: 01782307530
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Shenade Moorhouse
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 26 families put it first for 28 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 28 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 14 · 2024 13 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

229 pupils out of 240 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 34
% eligible for free school meals: 14.8%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Stoke-on-Trent average)
English as an additional language: 56% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 7.2% a year (Stoke-on-Trent 13.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Stoke-on-Trent: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 9 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.3%
Persistently absent pupils: 9.5%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 10.5%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2022 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: in line with the Stoke-on-Trent average (59%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 68% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 68%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 77% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
Based on: 31 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolStoke-on-Trent averageEngland↘ Falling Down 25 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was in line with the Stoke-on-Trent average (59%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 43rd of 64 junior and primary schools in the area

=43Oakhill Primary School58%
=43Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic Academy58%
=43St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School58%
=46Sneyd Academy56%
=46St Matthews Church of England Academy56%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Newstead Primary Academy83%
=1Norton-Le-Moors Primary Academy83%
#3Co-op Academy Glebe82%
=4St Mary's Church of England Primary School81%
=4Whitfield Valley Primary Academy81%
#6Goldenhill Primary Academy80%
#7St Gregory's Catholic Academy78%
=8Hillside Primary School77%
=8Holden Lane Academy77%
=8St Marys Catholic Academy77%
#11Summerbank Primary Academy75%
=12St Maria Goretti Catholic Academy73%
=12St Teresa's Catholic (A) Primary School73%
=12The Willows Primary School73%
=15Mill Hill Primary Academy72%
=15Milton Primary Academy72%
=15The Crescent Academy72%
=18Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff71%
=18Greenways Primary Academy71%
=20New Ford Academy70%
=20The Meadows Primary Academy70%
#22Park Hall Academy69%
#23Sandford Hill Primary School68%
=24Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy67%
=24Harpfield Primary Academy67%
=24Priory CofE Academy67%
=24St George and St Martin's Catholic Academy67%
#28Packmoor Ormiston Academy66%
#29Eaton Park Academy65%
#30Waterside Primary School64%
=31Ash Green Primary Academy63%
=31Smallthorne Primary Academy63%
=33Gladstone Primary Academy62%
=33Kingsland CofE Academy62%
=35Forest Park Primary School61%
=35Sandon Primary Academy61%
=35Sutherland Primary Academy61%
#38Saint Nathaniel's Academy60%
=39Heron Cross Primary School59%
=39Our Lady's Catholic Academy59%
=39St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill59%
=39Weston Junior Academy59%
=43Oakhill Primary School58%
=43Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic Academy58%
=43St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School58%
=46Sneyd Academy56%
=46St Matthews Church of England Academy56%
=46St Wilfrid's Catholic Academy56%
#49Co-op Academy Grove54%
#50St Peter's Catholic Academy53%
#51Star Academy, Sandyford50%
=52St Augustine's Catholic Academy48%
=52St John's CofE (A) Primary School48%
#54St Mark's CofE Primary School44%
=55Alexandra Junior School43%
=55Christ Church CofE Primary Academy43%
=57Moorpark Junior School42%
=57Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy42%
#59Hanley St Luke's Church of England Academy41%
#60Abbey Hulton Primary School40%
#61St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School36%
#62Maple Court Academy35%
#63Carmountside Primary Academy32%
#64Etruscan Primary School30%

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40th of 46 primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent for Ofsted rating

#38St Paul's CofE (C) Primary SchoolGood
#39St Teresa's Catholic (A) Primary SchoolGood
#40St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#41St Wilfrid's Catholic AcademyGood
#42Star Academy, SandyfordGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Belgrave St Bartholomew's AcademyOutstanding
#2Co-op Academy GlebeOutstanding
#3Mill Hill Primary AcademyOutstanding
#4New Ford AcademyOutstanding
#5Newstead Primary AcademyOutstanding
#6Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic AcademyOutstanding
#7Sandon Primary AcademyOutstanding
#8St Gregory's Catholic AcademyOutstanding
#9St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
#10Whitfield Valley Primary AcademyOutstanding
#11Abbey Hulton Primary SchoolGood
#12Ball Green Primary AcademyGood
#13Burnwood Primary AcademyGood
#14Carmountside Primary AcademyGood
#15Christ Church CofE Primary AcademyGood
#16Eaton Park AcademyGood
#17Forest Park Primary SchoolGood
#18Goldenhill Primary AcademyGood
#19Greenways Primary AcademyGood
#20Hanley St Luke's Church of England AcademyGood
#21Harpfield Primary AcademyGood
#22Hillside Primary SchoolGood
#23Holden Lane AcademyGood
#24Maple Court AcademyGood
#25Norton-Le-Moors Primary AcademyGood
#26Oakhill Primary SchoolGood
#27Packmoor Ormiston AcademyGood
#28Park Hall AcademyGood
#29Priory CofE AcademyGood
#30Saint Nathaniel's AcademyGood
#31Sandford Hill Primary SchoolGood
#32Smallthorne Primary AcademyGood
#33Sneyd AcademyGood
#34St Augustine's Catholic AcademyGood
#35St George and St Martin's Catholic AcademyGood
#36St Joseph's Catholic Academy, GoldenhillGood
#37St Maria Goretti Catholic AcademyGood
#38St Paul's CofE (C) Primary SchoolGood
#39St Teresa's Catholic (A) Primary SchoolGood
#40St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#41St Wilfrid's Catholic AcademyGood
#42Star Academy, SandyfordGood
#43Summerbank Primary AcademyGood
#44Sutherland Primary AcademyGood
#45The Crescent AcademyGood
#46The Willows Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,436 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

38th of 61 primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent for spending per pupil

#36Star Academy, Sandyford£6,529
#37Oakhill Primary School£6,516
#38St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School£6,436
#39St Marys Catholic Academy£6,394
#40Sneyd Academy£6,339

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Abbey Hulton Primary School£8,618
#2St Matthews Church of England Academy£8,167
#3Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy£8,007
#4Carmountside Primary Academy£7,698
#5Harpfield Primary Academy£7,687
#6Kingsland CofE Academy£7,459
#7Holden Lane Academy£7,453
#8Co-op Academy Glebe£7,356
#9Sutherland Primary Academy£7,333
#10Our Lady's Catholic Academy£7,321
#11Christ Church CofE Primary Academy£7,317
#12Sandon Primary Academy£7,287
#13Summerbank Primary Academy£7,245
#14Goldenhill Primary Academy£7,172
#15Maple Court Academy£7,140
#16Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff£6,980
#17St Peter's Catholic Academy£6,887
#18St Mark's CofE Primary School£6,876
#19St Augustine's Catholic Academy£6,858
#20Newstead Primary Academy£6,856
#21New Ford Academy£6,828
#22Forest Park Primary School£6,825
#23St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School£6,823
#24Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy£6,810
#25St Maria Goretti Catholic Academy£6,805
#26Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic Academy£6,786
#27St John's CofE (A) Primary School£6,769
#28Gladstone Primary Academy£6,753
#29St Mary's Church of England Primary School£6,724
#30Eaton Park Academy£6,723
#31Hanley St Luke's Church of England Academy£6,630
#32Saint Nathaniel's Academy£6,625
#33The Meadows Primary Academy£6,577
#34Etruscan Primary School£6,575
#35Heron Cross Primary School£6,564
#36Star Academy, Sandyford£6,529
#37Oakhill Primary School£6,516
#38St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School£6,436
#39St Marys Catholic Academy£6,394
#40Sneyd Academy£6,339
#41Sandford Hill Primary School£6,331
#42St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill£6,295
#43Packmoor Ormiston Academy£6,239
#44St Wilfrid's Catholic Academy£6,225
#45Ash Green Primary Academy£6,224
#46Milton Primary Academy£6,143
#47The Crescent Academy£6,135
#48Hillside Primary School£6,058
#49St Teresa's Catholic (A) Primary School£6,058
#50Priory CofE Academy£6,031
#51The Willows Primary School£6,007
#52Greenways Primary Academy£5,927
#53Waterside Primary School£5,864
#54St George and St Martin's Catholic Academy£5,836
#55Park Hall Academy£5,789
#56Mill Hill Primary Academy£5,780
#57St Gregory's Catholic Academy£5,690
#58Whitfield Valley Primary Academy£5,179
#59Smallthorne Primary Academy£5,139
#60Norton-Le-Moors Primary Academy£4,889
#61Burnwood Primary Academy£3,092

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