St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Ward Avenue
Grays
Essex
RM17 5RW
Phone 01375375826
Reference Number 146299

General Makeup

Number of pupils 573
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.26%
Girls: 49.74%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 31.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.1
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 35 31 66
2 37 44 81
3 47 42 89
4 43 49 92
5 45 37 82
6 41 46 87

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 48.5%
White, British 14.1%
White, Other 13.4%
Caribbean 4%
White & Black (African) 3%
Mixed, Other 3%
Unclassified 2.6%
Indian 2.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.6%
Asian, Other 1.6%
White & Asian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
13 Jun 2023 School inspection
08 Feb 2019 Academy conversion letter
12 Jul 2016 Short inspection
Previously as St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
12 Jul 2016 Short inspection
04 Jul 2012 Full inspection:
04 Jul 2012 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
28 Feb 2007 Full inspection:
28 Feb 2007 Full inspection:
04 Mar 2002 Full inspection
04 Mar 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 66%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 9%

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 107
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 0
Writing 1.4
Maths 0.5

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 26 8
Third Preference 25 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

Previous Years

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