St Thomas More RC College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Tameside
Unique reference
106271
Address
Town Lane, Denton, M34 6AF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
792 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
5.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.2%
Persistent absence
16.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77%
African 6.3%
Mixed 5.7%
Other White 4.8%
Unclassified 2.9%
Chinese 1.4%
Irish 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 35%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.6
Local authority average 43.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.78
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE40
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE21
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE30
English LanguageGCSE147
English LiteratureGCSE144
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Thomas More RC College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
153
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
170
2nd preference
118
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
67
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
144
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
33
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
73
87
Year 8
162
77
85
Year 9
163
85
78
Year 10
157
80
77
Year 11
150
78
72
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
82.7%
85.5%
Further education
35.0%
42.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
2.0%
2.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
49.0%
36.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
7.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
3.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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