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Primary · LE2 · Leicester

St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy

Newstead Road, Leicester, LE2 3TA

ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance97%
Attainment88% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils274

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in LE2. Where we have them, council (Leicester) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
274
Free school meals
6.6%
17.6% below district average (24.2%)

Also: Leicester 25.2% · England 24.7%

SEN
17.4%
1.3% below district average (18.7%)

Also: Leicester 16.1% · England 18.2%

EAL
19.9%
23.2% below district average (43.1%)
Attendance
97%
1.8% above district average (95.2%)

Also: Leicester 94.3% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
5.4%
Attainment
88% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the LE2 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2198.1%
  • 2021/2295%
  • 2022/2395.1%
  • 2023/2496%
  • 2024/2595.7%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/2377%
  • 2023/2488%
  • 2024/2588%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
267
Pupils on roll
274

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Leicester page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.4%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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