St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport, Stockport

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport on 7 areas: 1 expected standard, 2 needs attention and 4 urgent improvement. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get off to a good start in the early years."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders do not identify and assess pupils' needs quickly or precisely enough."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "As in other areas of the curriculum, pupils do not develop a secure understanding of some content within the school's personal development programme."

Achievement - Urgent improvement. "Pupils do not acquire crucial basic skills in reading, writing and mathematics quickly enough."

Attendance and behaviour - Urgent improvement. "Too many pupils are persistently absent from school."

Curriculum and teaching - Urgent improvement. "Leaders do not have an accurate understanding of the quality of curriculum and teaching."

Leadership and governance - Urgent improvement. "The school's capacity to improve is weak and is overly reliant on external support."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "School leaders must develop their capacity to improve the school and move beyond an over reliance on external support so that they consistently identify the right priorities and effective strategies to drive school improvement"; "Governors must develop the knowledge and skills necessary to fulfil their statutory core functions. This includes developing an accurate understanding of the school's context, strengths and priorities and holding leaders to account effectively"; "Leaders must identify and tackle the barriers to pupils' attendance in order to reduce persistent absence rates and improve overall attendance"; "Leaders must address the shortcomings in the design and delivery of the curriculum, including in the use of assessment, so that pupils attain well and develop sufficient knowledge ready for their next stage of education"; "Leaders must ensure that pupils acquire the crucial foundations of knowledge in English and mathematics quickly enough"; "Leaders should ensure that they identify and address pupils' individual needs more quickly and with greater accuracy than they currently do. This includes pupils' academic needs, and for some of those with special educational needs and/or disabilities"; "Leaders should ensure that disadvantaged pupils' barriers to learning and participation in extra-curricular activities are identified and reduced more effectively, including through better use of pupil premium funding"; "Leaders should embed the new approaches in the early years and enhance high-quality interactions between children and staff".

In its own words: "And we must be determined to run the race that is ahead of us. Keep our eyes on Jesus, who leads us and makes our faith complete. (Hebrews Ch12 V1-2) We want every child to experience ‘life in all its fullness.’ (John 10:10) Our shared vision is supported through our school motto "Believe to Achieve” ."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include multi-sports and art.

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport reached the expected standard in reading and 33% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 79% in Stockport and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (63% in reading, 50% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 13 families put St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport as their first choice and 46 named it as one of their preferences, for 16 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport are Our Lady's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 93% reading, 100% maths); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles, 76% reading, 65% maths); St Matthew's Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 44% reading, 48% maths); and Cale Green Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 73% reading, 76% maths).

St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

23 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport (as of September 2026): 78% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 17% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (91%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (17%).

50.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 25.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (58%), Asian (20%) and Black (8%).

St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport had 11 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Stockport Rail Station, about 530 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bosden Fold (near), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport issued 5 suspensions, 3.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.