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
652 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
59.2%
Girls
40.8%
First language not English
35.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.4%
Persistent absence
27.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.3%
Pupil ethnicities
African 22.7%
Mixed 14.3%
White British 13.8%
Other White 11.8%
Other Asian 10.3%
Caribbean 9.2%
Indian 5.5%
Unclassified 3.2%
Other Black 3.1%
Pakistani 2%
Chinese 1.8%
Other 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

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 Award19
Health StudiesTechnical Award18
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award2
Art & DesignGCSE23
Business Studies:SingleGCSE31
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE106
English LiteratureGCSE105
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE5
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thomas More Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
156
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
59
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
68
From another Local Authority
40
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
59
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.2
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
116
63
53
Year 8
116
74
42
Year 9
104
58
46
Year 10
124
69
55
Year 11
112
73
39
Year 12
22
16
6
Year 13
58
33
25
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
91.9%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
29.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
55.0%
53.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
8.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
70.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
14.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
11.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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