St Thomas More Catholic Academy

Type	Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range	11-18
Religion	Roman Catholic
Address	Longton Hall Road Longton Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST3 2NJ
Phone	01782882900
Reference Number	140304

General Makeup

Number of pupils	1168
Boy/Girl ratio	Boys: 48.03% Girls: 51.97%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals	33.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language	35.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes

22.1

Year Groups

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
7	99	107	206
8	90	115	205
9	90	115	205
10	98	104	202
11	121	89	210
12	29	37	66
13	34	40	74

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
White, British	40.4%
Pakistani	23.1%
African	7.6%
White, Other	7.4%
Mixed, Other	7.1%
Indian	2.5%
Asian, Other	2.1%
White & Asian	1.7%
Unclassified	1.5%
White & Black (African)	0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean)	0.6%
Caribbean	0.3%
Chinese	0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating	Good
Last Inspection Date	2022-11-21

Date	Description	Report
2022-10-04	School inspection	School inspection
2017-05-09	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2015-05-13	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2013-11-05	Academy conversion letter	Academy conversion letter
Previously as St Thomas More Catholic College
2013-04-17	Monitoring visit	Monitoring visit
2013-01-30	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2011-01-07	Interim assessment	Interim assessment
2008-10-20	Curriculum and development visit	Curriculum and development visit
2008-03-12	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2003-03-31	Full inspection	Full inspection
2013-04-17	Monitoring visit	Monitoring visit
2013-01-30	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2011-01-07	Interim assessment	Interim assessment
2008-10-20	Curriculum and development visit	Curriculum and development visit
2008-03-12	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2003-03-31	Full inspection	Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

English
Maths
3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
38.9	Unlock	Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric	School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths	31.2%	Unlock	Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C)	43.9%	Unlock	Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score	Percentile (loc)	Percentile (nationwide)
-0.22	Unlock	Unlock

Attainment 8 Score

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

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Progress 8 Score

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

	Points	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points	28.29	Unlock	Unlock
Average Points (best 3)	29	Unlock	Unlock

Grades

	School	Local	Nationwide
Average Grade	C-	C	C+
Average Grade (best 3)	C	C	C+

	Percentage	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better	10%	Unlock	Unlock

2024 Admissions

	Number of Applications	Number of Offers
First Preference	Unlock	Unlock
Second Preference	156	15
Third Preference	94	4
From another Local Authority	13	1

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name	Distance
St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School Byatts Grove, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 2RH	0.38 miles
St Gregory's Catholic Academy Spring Garden Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 2QN	0.44 miles
Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff GOLDENHILL ROAD, FENTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST4 3DP	0.64 miles
The Meadows Primary Academy Poplar Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3AZ	0.71 miles
Sutherland Primary Academy Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3DY	0.8 miles
Heron Cross Primary School Grove Road, Heron Cross, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 4LJ	0.8 miles
Gladstone Primary Academy Anchor Road, Sandford Hill, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5EW	0.86 miles
Co-op Academy Glebe Park Place, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 3HZ	0.9 miles
Sandford Hill Primary School Clayfield Grove, Sandford Hill, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5AQ	1.04 miles
Our Lady's Catholic Academy Watkin Street, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 4NP	1.11 miles
Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy Sussex Place, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 4TP	1.14 miles
Christ Church CofE Primary Academy William Street, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2JG	1.17 miles
Alexandra Infants' School Melville Road, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 4PZ	1.27 miles
Alexandra Junior School Meir Road, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7JG	1.55 miles
Newstead Primary Academy Waterside Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3LQ	1.62 miles
Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy Boothen Old Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 4EE	1.63 miles
Park Hall Academy Carberry Way, Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5QU	1.85 miles
Maple Court Academy Beverley Drive, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 0QD	1.88 miles
Bentilee Nursery School Dawlish Drive, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 0HW	1.9 miles
St Augustine's Catholic Academy Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7DF	1.96 miles

Name	Distance
Intuition Holistic Education 20 Rosslyn Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 4JD	0.68 miles
Glebedale School Grove Road, Heron Cross, Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 3AY	0.75 miles
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3JD	1.2 miles
Kemball School Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3JD	1.2 miles
St Peter's CofE Academy Fenton Manor, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2RR	1.48 miles
Abbey Hill Academy & College Box Lane, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5PP	1.64 miles
Ormiston Meridian Academy Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7DF	1.67 miles
City of Stoke-On-Trent Sixth Form College Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2RU	1.81 miles
Discovery Academy Discovery Drive, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 0GA	1.83 miles
Kinetic Academy Meir Youth Cafe, Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7DJ	1.94 miles
Rowan House School 207/209 Weston Road, Weston Coyney, Stoke On Trent, ST3 6AT	1.97 miles
Excellence Girls Academy Crowther Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2ER	2.11 miles
St Joseph's College London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NT	2.14 miles
Want2Achieve The Academy Unit 1, Trent Walk, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3HE	2.22 miles
Trentham Academy Allerton Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8PQ	2.27 miles
Stoke-on-Trent College Cauldon Campus, Stoke Road, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2DG	2.38 miles
The Registry 2 Cemetery Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2DL	2.39 miles
Thistley Hough Academy Thistley Hough, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5JJ	2.44 miles
Edison Pace School Wellesley Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 4NF	2.48 miles
Snowhill School 60 Snowhill, Shelton, Stoke On Trent, ST1 4LY	2.56 miles

St Thomas More Catholic Academy

General Makeup

Class Sizes

Year Groups

Ethnicities

Attainment 8 Score

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

Attainment 8 Score

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

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Points

Grades

2024 Admissions

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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Key Stage 2 Attainment

Students Meeting expected standard

Students Meeting higher standard

GCSE Attainment

Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
7	99	107	206
8	90	115	205
9	90	115	205
10	98	104	202
11	121	89	210
12	29	37	66
13	34	40	74

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
7	99	107	206
8	90	115	205
9	90	115	205
10	98	104	202
11	121	89	210
12	29	37	66
13	34	40	74

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
7	99	107	206
8	90	115	205
9	90	115	205
10	98	104	202
11	121	89	210
12	29	37	66
13	34	40	74