St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School

Bleakwood Road, Chatham, ME5 0NF

Ofsted: Good

Primary

Phase

420

Capacity

4-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 118769) since 1 September 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 15 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour & attitudes: Good
Personal development: Good
Leadership & management: Good
Early years: Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 78.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 19.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 90.0%
Writing (Expected): 83.0%
Maths (Expected): 85.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 88.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 108.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 106.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 110.0
Cohort Size: 59

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 410
Capacity: 420 (0% full)
SEND: 19.5%
FSM Eligible: 17.1%
EAL: 15.4%
SEN with EHC Plan: 1.0%
SEN Support: 18.5%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 26.6:1
Teachers (FTE): 15.4
Budget per Pupil: £5,909/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 4.3% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 6.5% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: Roman Catholic
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 48.0%
Black African: 29.7%
White Other: 7.4%
Mixed White & Black African: 4.1%
Asian Indian: 1.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
Mixed Other: 1.5%
Black Caribbean: 1.5%

48.0%

White British

29.7%

Black African

7.4%

White Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01634864701

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Bleakwood Road

Chatham, South East

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Administrative

URN: 151928
UKPRN: 10098611
Establishment No.: 3736
Trust: KENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP

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