St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 12 2022 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
Walsall
Unique reference
104259
Address
Darlaston Lane, WV14 7BL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1493 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.6%
Girls
47.4%
First language not English
36.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.1%
Persistent absence
23.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 42.1%
Indian 20.4%
Mixed 10%
Other White 9.8%
African 8.6%
Caribbean 2.6%
Other Asian 1.5%
Unclassified 1.5%
Pakistani 1.1%
Other Black 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.1
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.41
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award39
TourismTechnical Award29
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award40
Speech & DramaTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE42
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
Business Studies:SingleGCSE105
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE36
English LanguageGCSE236
English LiteratureGCSE226
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
236
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
258
2nd preference
194
3rd preference
108
From another Local Authority
193
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
203
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
66
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 classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
245
123
122
Year 8
249
134
115
Year 9
243
129
114
Year 10
242
134
108
Year 11
240
123
117
Year 12
138
77
61
Year 13
130
62
68
Year 14
6
3
3
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
84.2%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
50.0%
46.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
7.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.3%
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
68.0%
65.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
15.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
9.0%
14.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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