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St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 5-11 214 pupils Ashford
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St Teresa's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Ashford for pupils aged 5 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 214 pupils on roll. In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 5-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Quantock Drive
Ashford
Kent
TN24 8QN
Phone 01233622797
Reference Number 144420

General Makeup

Number of pupils 214
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.79%
Girls: 54.21%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 27.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 31.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 15 29
2 15 15 30
3 17 15 32
4 12 20 32
5 13 19 32
6 13 18 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 29.4%
African 23.4%
Indian 15%
Asian, Other 7.5%
White & Black (African) 6.5%
White, Other 3.7%
Mixed, Other 3.7%
Irish 3.3%
White & Asian 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
Chinese 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 17 Jun 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
17 Jun 2025 School inspection
15 Jan 2020 School inspection
05 May 2017 Academy conversion letter
15 Oct 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Ashford
09 Jan 2012 Interim assessment
12 Jan 2011 Curriculum and development visit
18 Nov 2008 Full inspection:
13 Jun 2005 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 63%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 25%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2.2
Writing 0.2
Maths 1.9

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 33 0
Third Preference 15 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Teresa's Catholic Primary School had 218 pupils for 210 places. That is 8 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary - Ashford North” planning area

Kent counted 427 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 386 in 2029–30, down 10%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210210210
Pupils 216217214214216216216218
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Teresa's Catholic Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.2%2.5%1.7%4.2%2.8%2.7%2.9%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.2%0.2%0.5%0.4%0.7%0.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%

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 Teresa's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.50.90.50.01.40.0
Permanent exclusions 00000000

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 Teresa's Catholic Primary School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.112.510.910.711.49.411.011.410.9
Teachers who left state teaching 12.5%12.2%25.9%0.0%10.0%4.6%4.6%22.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 46.2%25.0%–7.7%58.3%60.0%58.3%61.5%–
Sick days per teacher 4.70.5–0.24.85.84.43.7–

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, 10.7% of pupils at St Teresa's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 7 4
Specific learning difficulty 5 0
Physical disability 4 0
Social, emotional and mental health 4 0
Speech, language and communication needs 2 2
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0

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 Teresa's Catholic Primary School received £6,186 and spent £6,072 for each of its 217 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £124,000 (£571 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

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £119,000£122,000£117,000£170,000£162,000£131,000£124,000
per pupil £555£570£542£782£758£605£571
In-year balance -£53,000-£4,000-£4,000£107,000-£43,000£11,000£25,000
per pupil -£247-£17-£21£493-£204£50£113

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.

Name Distance
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Western Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1ND
0.3 miles
Repton Manor Primary School
Repton Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3RX
0.6 miles
Victoria Road Primary School
Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7HQ
0.76 miles
Phoenix Community Primary School
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0.9 miles
Godinton Primary School
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0.96 miles
Goat Lees Primary School
Hurst Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9RR
1.09 miles
Ashford Oaks Community Primary School
Oak Tree Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QR
1.12 miles
St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford
Noakes Meadow, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4RB
1.27 miles
Kennington Church of England Academy
Upper Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AG
1.37 miles
Downs View Infant School
Ball Lane, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4PJ
1.44 miles
Great Chart Primary School
Hoxton Close, Singleton, Great Chart Primary School, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5LB
1.62 miles
Beaver Green Primary School
Cuckoo Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5DA
1.63 miles
The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School
Wesley School Road, Cuckoo Lane, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5LW
1.89 miles
East Stour Primary School
Earlsworth Road, South Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0DW
1.91 miles
Willesborough Junior School
Highfield Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0JU
1.96 miles
Willesborough Infant School
Church Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0JZ
1.97 miles
Chilmington Green Primary School
Mock Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3DS
2.47 miles
Kingsnorth Church of England Primary School
Church Hill, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3EF
2.61 miles
Finberry Primary School
Avocet Way, Finberry, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7GS
2.76 miles
Furley Park Primary Academy
Reed Crescent, Park Farm, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PA
2.88 miles
Name Distance
Highworth Grammar School
Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UD
0.15 miles
Ashford School
East Hill, Ashford, TN24 8PB
0.69 miles
The T3 School
Sydenham house, Church road, TN23 1RD
0.72 miles
The Wyvern School (Buxford)
Great Chart Bypass, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4ER
1.16 miles
The North School
Essella Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8AL
1.19 miles
The Norton Knatchbull School
Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0QJ
1.24 miles
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AL
1.48 miles
Goldwyn School
Godinton Lane, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3BT
1.81 miles
The John Wallis Church of England Academy
Millbank Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HG
2.02 miles
Kings Park School
Field View, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3NZ
2.43 miles
Chilmington Green School
Chilmington Green Road, Great Chart, TN23 3DL
2.74 miles
Wye School
Olantigh Road, Wye, Kent, TN25 5EJ
3.79 miles
Caldecott Foundation School
Station Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6PW
4.59 miles

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How many pupils does St Teresa's Catholic Primary School have?

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School has 214 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Teresa's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are St Teresa's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Teresa's Catholic Primary School?

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School is at Quantock Drive, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8QN.

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