St Thomas' Church of England Primary School

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Thomas' Church of England Primary School, inspected in October 2023.

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 2025–26 St Thomas' Church of England Primary School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

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, 29.7% of pupils at St Thomas' Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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.

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St Thomas' Church of England Primary School is part of Forward As One Church of England Multi Academy Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School Oldham
• St Chad's Church of England Primary School Oldham
• Middleton Parish Church School Manchester
• St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School Rochdale
• St George's CofE Primary School Ashton-Under-Lyne
• St John's Church of England Primary School Manchester
• Canon Johnson CofE Primary School Ashton-Under-Lyne
• St Paul's Church of England Primary School Bury
• St James' Church of England Primary School Ashton-Under-Lyne
• Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton-Under-Lyne

What is St Thomas' Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Thomas' Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023 of its predecessor, St Thomas' Church of England Primary School.

When was St Thomas' Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Thomas' Church of England Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does St Thomas' Church of England Primary School have?

St Thomas' Church of England Primary School has 111 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Thomas' Church of England Primary School cover?

St Thomas' Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is St Thomas' Church of England Primary School?

St Thomas' Church of England Primary School is at Huddersfield Road, Newhey, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 3QZ.