St Thomas More RC College

St Thomas More RC College continues to deliver a good quality of education in a calm and respectful environment where pupils feel safe and valued. Strong relationships between staff and students contribute to a positive school culture, evident in the pupils' pride in their school and their excellent behavior. The curriculum is well-structured and ambitious, helping students achieve well across a variety of subjects. Opportunities beyond the classroom enhance their personal development, empowering them to contribute to the community and develop essential life skills.

Strengths

• Strong positive relationships between pupils and staff
• Pupils feel happy, safe, and valued
• High expectations for learning and behavior
• Well-designed and ambitious curriculum
• Teachers effectively check and adapt teaching based on pupils' needs
• Successful support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities
• Strong personal development program preparing pupils for modern Britain
• Effective safeguarding culture and practices

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, connections between learning are not adequately facilitated, hindering progress

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Thomas More RC College attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 17.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 11.6% of pupils at St Thomas More RC College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Thomas More RC College had 16.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 8.9% of pupils at St Thomas More RC College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 7.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 7 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Thomas More RC College received £8,542 and spent £8,445 for each of its 799 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £359,000 (£449 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Thomas More RC College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Thomas More RC College is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was St Thomas More RC College last inspected by Ofsted?

St Thomas More RC College was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does St Thomas More RC College have?

St Thomas More RC College has 797 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Thomas More RC College cover?

St Thomas More RC College for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are St Thomas More RC College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.1, and 51% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is St Thomas More RC College?

St Thomas More RC College is at Town Lane, Denton, Manchester, M34 6AF.