St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 2 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Gateshead
Unique reference
137851
Address
Croftdale Road, NE21 4BQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1449 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
48.4%
Girls
51.6%
First language not English
6.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.4%
Persistent absence
17.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.6%
Mixed 3.8%
Other White 3.5%
African 1.7%
Indian 0.9%
Other Asian 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Pakistani 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.17
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.8
Local authority average 47.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.51
Local authority average 4.2
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award20
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award19
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award42
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE10
BiologyGCSE88
Business Studies:SingleGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE88
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
244
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
236
2nd preference
192
3rd preference
83
From another Local Authority
82
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
228
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
46
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
242
106
136
Year 8
245
122
123
Year 9
242
136
106
Year 10
239
107
132
Year 11
238
127
111
Year 12
126
54
72
Year 13
117
50
67
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
82.8%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
39.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
42.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
7.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.0%
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
73.0%
57.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
31.0%
19.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
23.0%
17.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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