Primary school

St Thomas' CofE Primary School

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Warrington
  • WA4 2AP
Ofsted areas (no overall grade) · inspected Feb 2025

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 8,040 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 54%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 56%56%2016/17: top 44%2017/18: top 12%2018/19: top 20%2022/23: top 10%10% · 2022/232023/24: top 27%2024/25: top 54%No exams

Against North West

Expected standard, RWM63% · North West 63%5/10 Middle
Higher standard, RWM7% · North West 6%6/10 Middle
Reading score108 · North West 1058/10 Above
Maths score106 · North West 1057/10 Above
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 52% · 31 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 66% · 29 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 83% · 30 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 79% · 29 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 80% · 30 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 72% · 29 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 63% · 30 pupils · North West 63%83%52%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 13% · 31 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 21% · 29 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 23% · 30 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 21% · 29 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 17% · 30 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 3% · 29 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 7% · 30 pupils · North West 6%23%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 103 · 31 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 109 · 29 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 108 · 30 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 108 · 29 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 109 · 30 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 106 · 29 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 108 · 30 pupils · North West 105109103No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 104 · 31 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 105 · 29 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 108 · 30 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 109 · 29 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 107 · 30 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 104 · 29 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 106 · 30 pupils · North West 105109104No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in82.3%
28 of 34 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 82.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st3428
2nd251
3rd130

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2025

  • Personal developmentOutstanding
  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
  • Early years provisionGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • SafeguardingEffective
  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Goodas predecessor
  6. 2023Remains Goodas predecessor
  7. 2025Lowest Goodas predecessor

inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026237
Free school meals (past 6 years)13.9%
First language not English8.1%
SEN support5.9%
EHC plan1.7%
Absence (sessions missed)3.7%
Persistently absent pupils6.7%

Girls 53.4%Boys 46.6%

112.9% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.9
Pupils per adult13.1
  • Classroom teachers 8.4
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 7
  • Other support 5.9

Teachers 10.4 FTE · Whole workforce 23.3 · 36 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 3 months.

  • −£90,000revenue reserve
  • −£70,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: CHESTER DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST (24 academies) · trust reserve £1,919,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it