St Thomas More Primary School, Belmont

County DurhamAcademy converter

Thorndale Road, Belmont, DH1 2AQ

Headteacher: Mr Tom HuntSchool website ↗Pupils: 99 (capacity: 119)Part of BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Ofsted Good
Inspected February 2023
67%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected February 2023
100%
First-choice offer rate

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 7 February 2023Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
67.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
25.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 75%·Writing 83%·Maths 75%All three 67%
Reading
Expected75%
Exceeding33%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected83%
Exceeding25%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected75%
Exceeding33%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
How many places were offered?
9
How many families wanted this school first?
9
How many got their first choice?
9of 9 (100.0%)
How many applied in total?
21

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
8.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
0.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
0.0%
Boys and girls
44%girls·56%boys
44 girls, 55 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 93% (2017/18), currently 67%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1664.0%14.0%-0.9-0.1-0.4
2016/1767.0%0.0%+0.5-0.3-0.5
2017/1893.0%13.0%+2.2+4.1+2.2
2018/1988.0%35.0%+1.3+1.2+2.1
2022/2357.0%0.0%+1.3+1.7-4.6
2023/2467.0%17.0%---
2024/2567.0%25.0%---
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