St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School in Letchworth Garden City

St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school located in Letchworth Garden City. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 24/03/2009. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in writing are average, progress in maths is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.9%, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address:	Highfield, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QB
Website:	http://www.strcjmi.herts.sch.uk/
Telephone:	01462620670
School Type:	Academy converter
Education phase:	Primary
Local authority:	Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal:	Mrs Jane Perry
Religious character:	Roman Catholic
Admissions policy:	Not applicable
Unique reference:	138354

Ofsted Inspection

Overall Effectiveness
Quality Of Education
Outcomes For Pupils
Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 24/03/2009

Pupils

Information

Age Range:	3 - 11
Gender:	Mixed
School Capacity:	240
Number of Pupils:	239
Number of Boys:	108
Number of Girls:	131

Absence

	School	England state-funded schools:
Overall absence:	3.9%	4%
Persistent absence:	6.5%	8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading

Average: -1.1 Confidence interval -3.3 to 1.1

Writing

Average: 0.4 Confidence interval -1.7 to 2.4

Maths

Below Average: -2.1 Confidence interval -4 to -0.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:	70%
England Average:	65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:	17%
England Average:	11%

Average score in reading

School:	106
England Average:	104

Average score in maths

School:	105
England Average:	105

Nearby Schools

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Highfield , SG6 3QB	4out of 4	0 yd	Academy converter	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Icknield Infant and Nursery School Archers Way , SG6 4UN	3out of 4	1,217 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Wilbury Junior School Bedford Road , SG6 4DU	2out of 4	1,483 yd	Academy converter	No	Mixed	More About School
Pixmore Junior School Rushby Mead , SG6 1RS	3out of 4	1,581 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School Cambridge Road , SG4 0JP	3out of 4	1,643 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
The Highfield School Highfield , SG6 3QA	3out of 4	130 yd	Foundation school	No	Mixed	More About School
Fearnhill School Icknield Way West , SG6 4BA	2out of 4	889 yd	Foundation school	No	Mixed	More About School
The Priory School Bedford Road , SG5 2UR	3out of 4	3,221 yd	Foundation school	No	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
North Herts Education Support Centre Briar Patch Lane , SG6 3LY	4out of 4	258 yd	Pupil referral unit	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
St Francis College Broadway , SG6 3PJ	- not rated	772 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Girls	More About School
St Christopher School Barrington Road , SG6 3JZ	- not rated	1,157 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Woolgrove School, Special Needs Academy Pryor Way , SG6 2PT	3out of 4	3,012 yd	Academy special converter	No	Mixed	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary SchoolHighfield, Letchworth Garden City