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St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 89% 89% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
89% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
25% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
111 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
110 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 82%[4] 4%[4] 111[4] 109[4]
2022/23 59%[5] 14%[5] 109[5] 106[5]
2018/19 87%[6] 39%[6] 109[6] 110[6]
2017/18 82%[7] 29%[7] 110[7] 109[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
10 Jun 2025[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
13 Jul 2025[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Outstanding[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.8 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference)
85 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences
34 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered
30 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 61[9] 27[9] 30[9] 2.0[9] 0.9[9]
Entry Sept 2024 52[9] 21[9] 22[9] 2.4[9] 1.0[9]
Entry Sept 2023 65[9] 27[9] 30[9] 2.2[9] 0.9[9]
Entry Sept 2022 47[9] 26[9] 26[9] 1.8[9] 1.0[9]

Admissions

Sibling priority
children who will have siblings at the school at the date of entry Entry Sept 2027[10]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
240[1]
Trust
KENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.saintthomas.co.uk[1]
District
Sevenoaks[11]
Postcode
TN13 1EH[1]
URN
141157[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
214 2024/25[12]
English as an additional language
25.2% 2024/25[12]
SEN support
6.5% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan
2.8% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.8% 2024/25[12]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
74.6%[13]
Mixed
14.1%[13]
Asian
6.6%[13]
Black
3.3%[13]
Any other ethnic group
0.9%[13]
Unclassified
0.5%[13]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. kent.gov.uk: kent.gov.uk — St Thomas Catholic Primary School (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Children who will have siblings at the school at the date of entry. (p. 3)
  11. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.