St Thomas More RC College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 30 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
782 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
5.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.3%
Persistent absence
20.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.2%
Mixed 5.2%
Other White 4.9%
African 4.2%
Unclassified 3.2%
Chinese 1.2%
Irish 0.8%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.3
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.1
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award31
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE41
ChemistryGCSE41
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE152
English LiteratureGCSE152
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE29
FrenchGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Thomas More RC College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
207
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
85
From another Local Authority
77
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
148
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
32
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
163
78
85
Year 8
160
87
73
Year 9
160
83
77
Year 10
148
75
73
Year 11
151
70
81
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
82.7%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
1.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
56.0%
43.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
4.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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