St Teresa's Catholic Academy

St Teresa's Catholic Academy has performed well in its first inspection since becoming an academy, achieving a 'Good' rating overall. The strong culture within the school is evident through the exemplary behavior of students and their articulated understanding of the school's values. Notable strengths include the robust curriculum in mathematics, effective support for reading, and a commitment to personal development, with a wide variety of extracurricular activities that foster community and well-being among students.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exemplary behavior and have high expectations of themselves.
• The school promotes a strong sense of community and mutual support among pupils.
• Leaders implement an engaging curriculum that pupils enjoy, particularly in reading and mathematics.
• Teachers demonstrate good subject knowledge and are adept at identifying misconceptions.
• Leaders provide effective support for teachers and foster a culture of well-being among staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum development is needed in some foundation subjects to clarify key knowledge for pupils.
• Teachers do not always adapt their teaching effectively for pupils with SEND in all subjects.

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 Academy attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.5% 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, 1.2% of pupils at St Teresa's Catholic Academy 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 Teresa's Catholic Academy had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.9% 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, 9.4% of pupils at St Teresa's Catholic Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% 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 2022–23 St Teresa's Catholic Academy received £5,728 and spent £5,756 for each of its 331 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £334,000 (£1,009 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Mother Teresa Catholic Academy Trust, income was £5,891 and spending £6,106 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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St Teresa's Catholic Academy is part of Mother Teresa Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Bracknell
• St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot Ascot
• St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery Maidenhead
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead Maidenhead
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Aldershot
• All Hallows Catholic School Farnham
• St Anne's Catholic Primary School Basingstoke

What is St Teresa's Catholic Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Teresa's Catholic Academy is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was St Teresa's Catholic Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Teresa's Catholic Academy was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does St Teresa's Catholic Academy have?

St Teresa's Catholic Academy has 342 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Teresa's Catholic Academy cover?

St Teresa's Catholic Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Teresa's Catholic Academy?

St Teresa's Catholic Academy is at Easthampstead Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 2EB.