St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy, Hull

Ofsted's report card from its 10 February 2026 inspection grades St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Generally, pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have taken steps to reduce rates of absence."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school, with support from the trust, has taken steps to strengthen its curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "The school has developed an appropriate curriculum for children in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school has systems in place that support the identification of any barriers to learning that pupils may have, including special educational needs and/or disabilities."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The school is led with integrity."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school has established age-appropriate relationships and sex education and health education and personal, social and health education curriculums."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should embed changes in the school's teaching approach to ensure that these are implemented to a consistently high level across the school, in order to strengthen pupils' achievement"; "Leaders should ensure that staff consistently make well-considered decisions about how to use continuous provision in the early years to strengthen children's learning. This includes to close any gaps in children's knowledge through high-quality interactions"; "Leaders should strengthen the school's systems for evaluating the impact of recent improvement actions so that these evaluations better inform future strategic decision-making".

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 65% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 76% in Kingston upon Hull, City of; and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 83% in reading and 72% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 16 families put St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy as their first choice and 30 named it as one of their preferences, for 16 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy are Rokeby Park Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 65% reading, 78% maths); Anlaby Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 72% reading, 66% maths); Christopher Pickering Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 87% reading, 85% maths); and Acre Heads Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 80% reading, 75% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy.

St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy is one of 15 schools run by St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

23 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy (as of April 2026): 74% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 75% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (87%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (65%).

36.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (57%), Black (12%) and Mixed (12%).

In 2026, 30 pupils (15.5%) received SEN support and 19 (9.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Hessle Rail Stn, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Anlaby First Lane, 130 metres away.

In 2024/25, St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy issued 2 suspensions, 1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy are Sirius Academy West (0.6 miles), Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School (1.6 miles) and Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College (1.8 miles).