Ofsted inspection · 20/09/2023
Overview of St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden · Primary · Essex
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 94% | 16% | 97% | 65% | 100% | 26% | 94% | 39% | 100% | 97% | 110.0 | 108.0 | 113.0 | — | — | — | 11% | 208 |
| 2023/24 | 88% | 18% | 97% | 56% | 94% | 18% | 91% | 47% | 88% | 91% | 111.0 | 111.0 | 113.0 | — | — | — | 10% | 216 |
| 2022/23 | 94% | 30% | 97% | 64% | 97% | 36% | 97% | 58% | 100% | 100% | 113.0 | 111.0 | 115.0 | +4.00 | +1.80 | +3.30 | 18% | 217 |
| 2018/19 | 97% | 28% | 100% | 55% | 97% | 41% | 100% | 59% | 100% | 100% | 111.0 | 111.0 | 114.0 | +2.80 | +1.00 | +1.80 | 9% | 207 |
| 2017/18 | 81% | 35% | 90% | 52% | 97% | 48% | 84% | 48% | 97% | 94% | 109.0 | 108.0 | 111.0 | +0.80 | +1.70 | +0.20 | 10% | 209 |
| 2016/17 | 87% | 17% | 87% | 40% | 90% | 23% | 93% | 43% | 100% | 93% | 109.0 | 108.0 | 111.0 | +1.60 | -0.40 | +1.20 | 13% | 212 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 208 | 20.0 | 11% | 14% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| 2023/24 | 216 | 20.8 | 10% | 12% | 3% | 4% | 5% |
| 2022/23 | 217 | 21.9 | 18% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| 2021/22 | 206 | 20.8 | 11% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| 2020/21 | 209 | 18.2 | 8% | 6% | 5% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 207 | 20.4 | 9% | 8% | 4% | 3% | — |
| 2017/18 | 209 | 18.9 | 10% | 8% | 6% | 3% | 4% |
| 2016/17 | 212 | 19.1 | 13% | 9% | 4% | 3% | 2% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.