St. Thomas More Language College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
No rating
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
Kensington and Chelsea
Unique reference
151008
Address
Cadogan Street, SW3 2QS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
541 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
56.7%
Girls
43.3%
First language not English
48.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
41.8%
Persistent absence
32.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 18.7%
Other 18.3%
African 17.7%
White British 16.3%
Mixed 14.8%
Unclassified 7.6%
Caribbean 3.9%
Other Black 1.7%
Irish 0.6%
Pakistani 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 46%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 61%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.7
Local authority average 54.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.87
Local authority average 4.88
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award20
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE121
English LiteratureGCSE121
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE16
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St. Thomas More Language College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
149
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
54
2nd preference
78
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
265
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
54
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
16
To another Local Authority
92
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
84
53
31
Year 8
95
47
48
Year 9
113
58
55
Year 10
126
73
53
Year 11
123
76
47
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
88.8%
85.5%
Further education
11.0%
15.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
56.0%
63.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
22.0%
9.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
5.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023