St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.139 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2022. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 3.139 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 3.139 miles, the 11th longest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published 2026 last distance, and further than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 saw 26 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 14.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 41.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stoke-on-Trent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- North Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7DG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 229 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2022
Strengths
- “The school’s motto, ‘Making the heart, mind and spirit soar’, permeates daily routines.”
- “Attendance is excellent because pupils and children in the early years thoroughly enjoy coming to school.”
- “From the moment they start, they are surrounded by care, kindness and encouragement to aspire.”
To improve
- “In these cases, although the sequence of learning is clear, the small steps towards building skills and knowledge are not as well defined.”
- “However, occasionally, teachers do not know enough about what pupils have learned in previous years.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 58% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 26 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Stoke-on-Trent.
- The Willows Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harpfield Primary Academy 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Etruscan Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's CofE (A) Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Waterside Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oakhill Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published