Academy sponsor led · Primary
Colchester · CO1 2RA · Essex
Ages 2–11
- KS253%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM22.7%
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 138164
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester
Academy converter · Colchester · CO1 2QB
Ages 4–11 · 209 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Outstanding
KS2 expected (RWM)
93%
Overall absence
4.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-11-07
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)93%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 112.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 114.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.4%
Unauthorised0.2%
- Authorised absence
- 4.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 178
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
209 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 209
- Boys / girls
- 113 / 96
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 209 / 210 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 6.7%
- FSM pupils
- 14
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brentwood
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE ROSARY TRUST - A CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY
- Academy trust
- THE ROSARY TRUST - A CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY
- Sponsor
- St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School
- Headteacher
- Mrs Bridget Harris
Location
- Address
- Priory Street
- Postcode
- CO1 2QB
- Town
- Colchester
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Colchester, Essex, 209 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 6.7%. Religious character: Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Brentwood.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St John's Green Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Colchester · CO2 7HE · Essex
Ages 5–11
- KS262%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM21.5%
0.5 miles away
St. George's School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Colchester · CO2 7RU · Essex
Ages 3–11
- KS260%
- Absence7.3%
- FSM33.6%
0.7 miles away
North Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Colchester · CO1 1RP · Essex
Ages 3–11
- KS254%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM19.1%
0.7 miles away
Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Colchester · CO4 0DT · Essex
Ages 3–11
- KS245%
- Absence9.7%
- FSM41.5%
0.9 miles away
Kendall Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Colchester · CO1 2HH · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS277%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM20.6%
0.9 miles away
Hamilton Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Colchester · CO3 3GB · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS278%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM8.6%
1.1 miles away
Unity Primary Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Colchester · CO4 3QJ · Essex
Ages 3–11
- KS236%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM51.0%
1.1 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Bridget Harris
- Telephone
- 01206865722