St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy

About St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy

St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy sits below the local authority average for its key stage 2 headline measure, with 55% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with an LA average of 65%. That places it 72nd out of 106 primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire, in the bottom half of the local table. The school’s ranking score of 55 puts it well behind top local peers like Bricknell Primary School (90) and Collingwood Primary School (89). However, the picture is more nuanced when you look at individual subjects. Reading scores are a relative strength: 83% of pupils met the expected standard and 21% reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 105. Maths and writing are weaker, with 72% and 69% meeting the expected standard respectively, and no pupils achieving the higher standard in maths. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022 rated it Good overall, a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2013, with leadership and management and early years provision both judged Good.

The school’s Progress 8 data is not available, so it is hard to say how much value it adds beyond raw attainment. At key stage 2, the average maths score of 100 is exactly in line with the national baseline, while the reading average of 105 is slightly above. The absence of any pupils reaching the higher standard in maths is notable, though 14% did so in writing and 21% in reading. The Ofsted report from 2022 noted that the school remains Good following an ungraded inspection, and the previous graded inspection in 2015 also awarded Good overall. The early years provision was rated Good in that 2022 visit. With 23.8% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively disadvantaged intake compared with the national average, which may partly explain the below-average combined score. The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26, it received 37 applications for 25 places, with 24 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.48.

St Thomas More is a Roman Catholic primary for children aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site. It has a strong set of facilities including a library, sports hall, gymnasium, forest school, chapel, art studios and playing fields. Sports offered include tennis, netball, swimming and dance, and there is a good range of clubs such as book club, drama, choir, science club, chess and eco club. The school has a broad SEND offer, with provisions for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication, visual impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. With 204 pupils against a capacity of 210, it is nearly full but not bursting. The nearest outstanding-rated primary is Christopher Pickering Primary School, 0.9 km away. This school will suit Catholic families in the Hull area who value a faith-based setting with a nursery and a wide range of enrichment activities, and who are comfortable with a school that performs around the LA average in reading but below it in maths and writing.

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