St Mary's Avenue, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK3 5DT
10 reasons to choose St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Bletchley
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St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Bletchley has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Milton Keynes and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Bletchley is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. The school is federated with Bishop Parker Catholic School in The Bletchley Catholic Schools’ Federation. Though Ofsted no longer makes an an overall effectiveness judgement, its graded judgements imply a Good rating for the school in its last (2024) inspection. It is one of the 10 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Milton Keynes LEA.
Average class size
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Bletchley usually has one class per year, a couple have two, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Bletchley ranks in the top 6% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 22% of schools.
The St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Bletchley curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. 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, Forest School for all year groups and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Bletchley
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 Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Bletchley
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 provided by an external contractor.
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