St Thomas Community Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
436
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Nursery, Infants & Juniors

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This pupil heat map shows where pupils currently attending the school live.
The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils Pupil Level Annual School Census
01792 636000

This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the Pupil Level Annual School Census collected by the Welsh Government. The data tells us where pupils lived at the time of the last Pupil Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The areas from which pupils are admitted to a school can change from year to year to reflect the number of siblings and pupils admitted under high priority admissions criteria.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Full Report
NATIONAL AVG. 2.17
Estyn Report
(01/03/2023)
Full Report - All Reports
PRI

Teacher assessment data for primary schools is not published at school or local authority level by the Welsh government. Parents can view individual school websites for the Key Stage 2 (age 11) subject level results for pupils in Reading, Writing, Maths and Grammar Punctuation & Spelling (GPS)

23.7:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
88.9%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
MORE INFO
32.7%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
2.2%
NATIONAL AVG. 5.0%
Pupils with SEN support
Grenfell Park Road
St Thomas
Swansea
SA1 8EZ
01792 650052

School Description

St Thomas Community Primary School is warm and welcoming. The senior leadership team, staff and governors share a clear vision and work well together to ensure that the school is an inclusive learning community that promotes positive opportunities for pupils. The headteacher is a strong role model and provides effective and purposeful leadership. They are highly committed to the well-being of their pupils and the wider community. They work alongside the leadership team to carefully consider ways to combat disadvantage and to provide outstanding support for pupils and for families in the local community. The headteacher effectively leads a team of dedicated staff who work hard to ensure that the needs of pupils are met. As a result, pupils demonstrate a strong readiness to learn and a desire to achieve the best they can. Pupils enjoy coming to school and are proud to be a part of such a reassuring learning community. They feel safe and listened to, and nearly all show a positive attitude towards their learning. They develop high levels of respect for the staff that take care of them and trust that they will always act in their best interests. They behave well and engage positively with the varied range of learning experiences and opportunities that the school provides. Many pupils make good progress and achieve well across all curriculum areas. Provision for pupils with additional needs is well planned. The school involves parents, staff and outside agencies to ensure that planning for individual needs is effective. Many pupils with additional needs make good progress in their learning and improving their well-being. Teachers plan literacy, numeracy and other skills through well-established routines and structured sessions to support pupils to make progress. However, these sessions can sometimes be over-directed and a greater emphasis on the provision for purposeful independent learning and more meaningful teacher feedback would further challenge pupils of all abilities. Overall, leaders keep the work of the school under review appropriately. They evaluate lessons and the pupils’ learning in books. However, self-evaluation does not always identify areas that need improving, for instance on the way teachers support pupils to improve their work or how their planning might improve pupils’ numeracy skills.

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