St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks

St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School is a highly effective school where pupils are happy, safe and achieve very well. Inspectors found exceptional provision across the curriculum, behaviour, personal development, leadership and early years. Pupils show mature, caring attitudes, have excellent conduct and attendance, and benefit from an ambitious curriculum with precise support for pupils with additional needs, including those new to the school or learning English as an additional language.

Strengths

• Pupils are courteous, compassionate and act as excellent role models for younger pupils.
• A deep sense of calm and purpose supports pupils’ excellent behaviour and attitudes to learning.
• The curriculum is highly ambitious and carefully designed to meet pupils’ needs.
• Teachers identify pupils’ needs precisely and provide high-quality, effective support.
• Pupils develop deep understanding and achieve very well across a range of subjects.
• The teaching of phonics and reading is excellent, helping pupils become confident, fluent readers.
• Pupils’ personal development is of the highest quality, including through clubs, trips and charitable work.
• Staff receive well-designed training and leaders at all levels monitor and refine the curriculum carefully.
• Governors and trustees know the school well and provide both challenge and support.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks had 20.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 5.2% of pupils at St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks received £8,474 and spent £7,513 for each of its 203 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £210,000 (£1,036 per pupil).

Across all 30 schools of Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership, income was £6,963 and spending £6,776 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Sevenoaks · Kent local authority: places and applications

St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks is part of Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership, which runs 33 schools. The nearest others:

• St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School Tonbridge
• St Gregory's Catholic School Tunbridge Wells
• St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley Swanley
• St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Tunbridge Wells
• Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School, Hartley, Longfield Longfield
• More Park Catholic Primary School West Malling
• St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone Maidstone
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Northfleet Gravesend
• St Simon Stock Catholic School Maidstone
• St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend Gravesend

What is St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks last inspected by Ofsted?

St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks have?

St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks has 213 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks cover?

St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks?

St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks is at South Park, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1EH.