South Park, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1EH
10 reasons to choose St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks
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St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in Sevenoaks and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 24 members of Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2014) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks has one class per year, and an average class size of 27 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks ranks in the top 6% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 33% of schools.
The St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. It is subject based with some cross-curricular projects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for music.
Sport at St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
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Lady Boswell’s Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles); Sevenoaks Primary School (1.1 miles); Amherst School (2.1 miles).
Sevenoaks School (0.5 miles); Walthamstow Hall (0.9 miles); Radnor House, Sevenoaks (Combe Bank School) (3.6 miles).
The Judd School (7.5 miles); Tonbridge Grammar School (8 miles); Weald of Kent Grammar School (8.1 miles).