St Thomas More Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 5 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire East
Unique reference
139764
Address
Dane Bank Avenue, CW2 8AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
666 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
28.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.5%
Persistent absence
23.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 53.9%
Other White 23.7%
Mixed 6.3%
Other Asian 3.5%
Indian 3.2%
African 3%
Chinese 2.3%
Other Black 1.7%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.63
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 57%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.6
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.67
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE43
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE43
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE33
Design & TechnologyGCSE50
English LanguageGCSE127
English LiteratureGCSE127
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Thomas More Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
128
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
165
2nd preference
85
3rd preference
51
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
128
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
131
61
70
Year 8
133
73
60
Year 9
137
66
71
Year 10
127
67
60
Year 11
138
71
67
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
82.0%
37.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
44.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
5.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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