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Thomas More Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 1 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Croydon
Unique reference
101821
Address
Russell Hill Road, CR8 2XP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
627 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
58.4%
Girls
41.6%
First language not English
34%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.7%
Persistent absence
27.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.1%
Pupil ethnicities
African 22.5%
Mixed 14.2%
White British 13.9%
Other White 12.9%
Other Asian 9.6%
Caribbean 9.3%
Indian 5.3%
Unclassified 3.2%
Other Black 2.2%
Other 2.2%
Pakistani 1.9%
Chinese 1.1%
Bangladeshi 1%
Irish 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.1
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.01
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award8
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Sports StudiesTechnical Award69
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE34
ChemistryGCSE1
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE114
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Thomas More Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
147
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
65
2nd preference
64
3rd preference
79
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
65
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
18
To another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
126
78
48
Year 8
126
70
56
Year 9
124
78
46
Year 10
113
60
53
Year 11
120
66
54
Year 13
18
14
4
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Secondary

Destinations after GCSEs,
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
89.8%
85.6%
Further education
45.0%
29.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
37.0%
51.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
5.0%
8.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
5.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels,
School
LA
England
Degrees
78.0%
72.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
18.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021
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