Primary
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester
Priory Street, Colchester, CO1 2QB
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 209 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
- Local authority
- Essex
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- THE ROSARY TRUST - A CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brentwood
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 19.6
- Pupils per adult
- 10.6
- Pupils
- 207
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
93%
29 points above the Colchester average (64% across 66 schools)
113.0
6.9 above the Colchester average (106.1 across 66 schools)
1st of 66 by our score, among the primary schools in Colchester we can score - 73 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 109 |
| Average reading score | 113 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 93% |
| Working at a higher standard | 23% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 93% |
| 23/24 | 100% |
| 24/25 | 93% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 112.0 |
| 23/24 | 112.0 |
| 24/25 | 113.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 111.0 |
| 23/24 | 114.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
Priory Street, Colchester, CO1 2QB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Bridget Harris
- Address
- Priory Street, Colchester, CO1 2QB
- Telephone
- 01206865722