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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 71 |
Additional Mathematics FSMQ | Other General Qualification (Level 3) | 8 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 18 |
Astronomy | GCSE | 2 |
Biology | GCSE | 55 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 55 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 48 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 24 |
Economics | GCSE | 3 |
English Language | GCSE | 127 |
Admissions
St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 114
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 147
- 2nd preference
- 95
- 3rd preference
- 103
- From another Local Authority
- 148
Offers
- 1st preference
- 99
- 2nd preference
- 9
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 37
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.8 |
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 |
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% |