St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7DG
- Distance
- 0.8km away
The Willows Primary School
Greatbatch Avenue, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7JY
Local ranking12th of 69 primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
690
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 10 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 73.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 12.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 92
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 690
- Boys
- 345 (50%)
- Girls
- 345 (50%)
- Capacity
- 690 (100% full)
- SEND
- 16.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.1%
- EAL
- 22.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 13.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 26.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,007/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 66.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 9.4%
- Black African: 4.6%
- White Other: 4.4%
- Asian Indian: 4.4%
- Asian Other: 2.8%
- Other: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
66.7%
White British
9.4%
Asian Pakistani
4.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Greatbatch Avenue
Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 123999
- UKPRN
- 10077210
- Establishment No.
- 2059
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