St Thomas More RC Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.386 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas More RC Primary School is a primary school in Middlesbrough for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas More RC 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 | 0.386 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.386 miles away, the 8th shortest of 41 Middlesbrough primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2022, and it has swung sharply, most of all from 2023 to 2024.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 33% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Middlesbrough.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Middlesbrough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Erith Grove, Easterside, Middlesbrough, TS4 3QH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend St Thomas More RC Primary School.”
- “This is a welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils celebrate the kind and caring attitudes pupils and staff have towards each other.”
To improve
- “However, the books do not enable pupils to practice their fluency well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2024 (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) | 33% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Middlesbrough.
- Easterside Academy 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Marton Manor Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newham Bridge Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sunnyside Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Captain Cook Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beech Grove Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Park End Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Pius X Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published