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St Thomas More Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · SE9 6NS

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 1 December 2023

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At a glance

201 pupils · 96% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
33.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stmprimary.org
URN
100176

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 0.71 first choices per place. We hold 14 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 1 December 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.71 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 12 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
Greenwich average74%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North ShieldsNorth Shields · 253 miles awayNo current grade84%
St George's CofE Primary SchoolSwadlincote · 113 miles awayNo current grade34%
Christ Church C of E Primary SchoolNewark-on-Trent · 117 miles awayGood31%
St Alban's Church of England Primary AcademyWolverhampton · 120 miles awayGood55%
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 110 miles awayStrong standard80%
Teagues Bridge Primary SchoolTelford · 137 miles awayNeeds attention66%
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 255 miles awayGood68%
Brotherton and Byram Community Primary AcademyKnottingley · 166 miles awayGood48%
St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever BridgeBolton · 179 miles awayGood65%
St Thomas More RC Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · 219 miles awayGood33%
West End AcademyPontefract · 160 miles awayNo current grade73%
St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 107 miles awayGood67%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 29% (Greenwich 26%, England 60%) · Black African 27% (Greenwich 21%, England 5%) · Any other White background 16% (Greenwich 14%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Greenwich 7%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 5% (Greenwich 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Greenwich 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Greenwich 6%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 2%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 2% (Greenwich 0%, England 0%) · White Irish 2% (Greenwich 0%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Greenwich 3%, England 3%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Greenwich: 1.12 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2023/24)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £45,354; 0% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,482
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £144,859; in-year balance +£68,049

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier54.3%62.3%
Social housing37.5%17.1%
Privately rented8%20.5%
Detached houses4%22.9%
Flats4.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van27.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001624 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£485,000443 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£425,000–£575,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£692,500
Semi-detached (127)£500,000
Terraced (268)£485,000
Flat (39)£290,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
54an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
13an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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