St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Greenwich
Unique reference
141716
Address
Footscray Road, Eltham, SE9 2SU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
633 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
54.3%
Girls
45.7%
First language not English
22.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.3%
Persistent absence
9.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 52.8%
Other White 16.3%
African 13.6%
Mixed 6.9%
Other Black 3.5%
Other Asian 2.1%
Other 1.1%
Irish 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Caribbean 0.8%
Chinese 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.79
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 76%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.28
Local authority average 4.13
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award71
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)8
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
AstronomyGCSE2
BiologyGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE55
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
EconomicsGCSE3
English LanguageGCSE127
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
114
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
147
2nd preference
95
3rd preference
103
From another Local Authority
148
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
99
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
37
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
123
67
56
Year 8
126
71
55
Year 9
131
64
67
Year 10
126
72
54
Year 11
127
70
57
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
90.3%
86.5%
Further education
10.0%
12.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
65.0%
57.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
12.0%
18.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
6.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022