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St. Thomas More Language College

Secondary Ages 11-16 489 pupils London
Ofsted: Good

St. Thomas More Language College is an academy converter in Kensington And Chelsea for pupils aged 11 to 16. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 489 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St. Thomas More Language College is Good, from an inspection in May 2022 of its predecessor, Saint Thomas More Language College. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.3, and 41% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Ofsted inspection: September 2024. GCSE results: 2026.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Cadogan Street
London
SW3 2QS
Phone 02075899734
Reference Number 151008

General Makeup

Number of pupils 489
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 56.65%
Girls: 43.35%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 46.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 51.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 62 39 101
8 48 31 79
9 42 44 86
10 56 48 104
11 69 50 119

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 19.8%
White, British 16.8%
White, Other 14.9%
Mixed, Other 9%
Unclassified 6.7%
Caribbean 3.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.9%
White & Black (African) 2.5%
White & Asian 1%
Irish 0.8%
Asian, Other 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Saint Thomas More Language College, inspected in May 2022.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
05 Sep 2024 Academy conversion letter

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)
45.3

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 41.3%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 57.9%

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:

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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 72 24
Third Preference 52 14
From another Local Authority 204 76

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St. Thomas More Language College had 532 pupils for 600 places. 68 places (11.3%) were unfilled.

Year 7 intake in the “All Secondary” planning area

Kensington and Chelsea counted 1,028 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 899 in 2031–32, down 13%.

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 Language College attended 89.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 33.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 4.8%
Unauthorised absence 5.8%
Severely absent pupils 5.0%

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, 15.2% of pupils at St. Thomas More Language College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 27.5
Permanent exclusions 1

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 Language College had 15.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 11.310.9
Teachers who left state teaching 13.7%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 73.7%–
Sick days per teacher 2.8–

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, 11.7% of pupils at St. Thomas More Language College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 11 10
Moderate learning difficulty 15 2
Social, emotional and mental health 12 1
Other difficulty or disability 10 0
Speech, language and communication needs 3 4
Specific learning difficulty 4 2
Hearing impairment 1 0
Physical disability 0 1
Severe learning difficulty 1 0

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 2024–25 St. Thomas More Language College received £10,819 and spent £10,375 for each of its 541 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,955,000 (£3,614 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Saint John Southworth Catholic Academy Trust, income was £9,628 and spending £9,688 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £1,955,000
per pupil £3,614
In-year balance £240,000
per pupil £444

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
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Cadogan Street, London, SW3 2QT
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0.24 miles
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0.31 miles
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0.32 miles
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0.38 miles
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St Barnabas Street, Pimlico, London, SW1W 8PF
0.48 miles
Christ Church CofE Primary School
1 Robinson Street, London, SW3 4AA
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Cameron Vale School
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0.75 miles
Falkner House
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Eaton Square Prep School
0.84 miles
Name Distance
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0.25 miles
More House School
22-24 Pont Street, Knightsbridge, SW1X 0AA
0.32 miles
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0.33 miles
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0.37 miles
Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle
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0.65 miles
Ada National College for Digital Skills
1, Sutherland Street, Pimlico, London, SW1V 4LD
0.67 miles
Queen's Gate School
133 Queen's Gate, London, SW7 5LE
0.71 miles
Mander Portman Woodward School
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0.73 miles
Westminster City School
55 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HJ
1.05 miles
London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth
106 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London, W1J 7NL
1.08 miles
Pimlico Academy
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1.12 miles
Collingham
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1.13 miles
The Grey Coat Hospital
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1.21 miles
Westminster Under School
1.23 miles
Saint John Bosco College
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1.33 miles
Fairley House School
1.33 miles
Ashbourne College
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1.36 miles
Harris Academy Battersea
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1.36 miles
Chelsea Academy
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1.37 miles
Harris Westminster Sixth Form
Steel House, 11 Tothill Street, Westminster, London, SW1H 9LH
1.41 miles

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What is St. Thomas More Language College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St. Thomas More Language College is Good, from an inspection in May 2022 of its predecessor, Saint Thomas More Language College.

When was St. Thomas More Language College last inspected by Ofsted?

St. Thomas More Language College was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does St. Thomas More Language College have?

St. Thomas More Language College has 489 pupils on roll.

What age range does St. Thomas More Language College cover?

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

What are St. Thomas More Language College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.3, and 41% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is St. Thomas More Language College?

St. Thomas More Language College is at Cadogan Street, London, SW3 2QS.

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