St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

School works with multiple external agencies including speech and language therapy, educational psychology, specialist school nurse, and health visitor to support SEND pupils.

“Saint Thomas of Canterbury Primary School works with a lot of external agencies to help identify and support specific needs.”

School focuses on the four broad areas of SEN per the SEND Code of Practice and uses a graduated response with individual target plans.

“They are given individual target plans (ITP’s) with concise targets, this begins a cycle of assessing, planning, doing and then reviewing to ensure that pupils begin to progress rapidly.”

School aims to nurture and respect every child as a unique individual.

“To nurture and respect every child as a unique individual”

School intends to embed an ethos where mental health is regarded as the responsibility of all staff.

“We intend to embed an ethos where mental health is regarded as the responsibility of all.”

Pupils and community raise significant money annually for those less fortunate, including making and delivering food to homeless centres.

“At St. Thomas of Canterbury, there is a culture of great generosity (over £1000 annually) when it comes to raising money for those less fortunate than ourselves.”

School offers a wide variety of extra-curricular sporting activities and competitions, including trials, training sessions and representing the school at a high level.

“We offer a huge variety of extra-curricular sporting activities to enrich our curriculum and equip children with the necessary skills to enter a vast amount of competitions so they have the opportunity to be part of trials, training sessions and then to represent their school at a high level.”

Faith is described as central to everything the school does, with Christian worship integral to school life.

“Our faith is central to all that we do at St. Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School and Christian worship is an integral part of our school life.”

School aims to provide a happy, safe and secure environment for teaching and learning.

“To provide a happy, safe and secure environment for teaching and learning”

Application deadline for Reception places is 15th January 2026, with offers notified 16th April 2026.

“The deadline for applications is 15th January 2026 however, we strongly recommend you complete your application before the deadline.”

Reception place applications must be made online via the Walsall Local Authority portal.

“All applications are made online.”