St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 2–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 78% 78% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 78% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 11% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 110 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 108 2024/25[2]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	67%[3]	8%[3]	108[3]	104[3]
2022/23	68%[4]	8%[4]	108[4]	106[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 6 Feb 2024[5]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[5]
Report published: 26 Mar 2024[5]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[5]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Good[5]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.6 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference): 128 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences: 47 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered: 49 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[6]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	147[6]	56[6]	60[6]	2.5[6]	0.9[6]
Entry Sept 2024	151[6]	56[6]	56[6]	2.7[6]	1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2023	136[6]	46[6]	52[6]	2.6[6]	0.9[6]
Entry Sept 2022	149[6]	61[6]	59[6]	2.5[6]	1.0[6]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 2–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 420[1]
Trust: XAVIER CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority: Surrey[1]
Website: http://www.st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk [1]
District: Guildford [7]
Postcode: GU1 2SX[1]
URN: 147431[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 429 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language: 26.6% 2024/25[8]
SEN support: 10% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan: 1.9% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 5.1% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 72%[9]
Mixed: 9.4%[9]
Asian: 6.7%[9]
Black: 5%[9]
Any other ethnic group: 3.2%[9]
Unclassified: 3.7%[9]

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

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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.