St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

ColchesterConstituency

CO1 2QBPostcode

10.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Essex, East of England.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 209 pupils. St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester is part of THE ROSARY TRUST - A CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 100%
Higher standard: 21%
Reading score: 112
Maths score: 114

Ethnicity

White

56%

Asian

10%

Black

19%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

209

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

32%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 209
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: THE ROSARY TRUST - A CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
8 Feb 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
9 Jun 2008	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.