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St Thomas More Catholic High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Lynn Road, North Shields NE29 8LF · stmacademy.org.uk · 0191 258 8340

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected May 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
49.6
average Attainment 8 score. North Tyneside 46, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,660
10 over 1,650 places · 101%
Local authority
North Tyneside
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
28.4%
First language not English
9.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 253 families put the school first and 266 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 249 (Places 262)249September 2023: 260 (Places 267)260September 2024: 243 (Places 262)243September 2025: 267 (Places 263)267September 2026: 253 (Places 266)253Places 266
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026266253194%
September 2025Sept 20252632671▲94%
September 2024Sept 20242622430.999%
September 2023Sept 2023267260199%
September 2022Sept 2022262249199%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.6, and 46.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Tyneside it was 46, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 51.4 (England 46.3)51.42017/18: 48.0 (England 46.5)48.02018/19: 47.6 (England 46.7)47.62021/22: 54.1 (England 48.8)54.12022/23: 50.1 (England 46.3)50.12023/24: 49.2 (England 45.9)49.22024/25: 49.6 (England 46.0)49.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲49.646.0
●46.1%45.4%
▲68.5%64.8%
▲46.9%40.5%
▲4.384.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form56+0.4
Further education31.3+0.6
Other education1.2−0.3
Apprenticeship4.6−0.4
Employment1.9+0.8
Not in a lasting destination3.1−2.3
Activity not captured1.9+1.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 32.3 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 31.3 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 30.3 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 33.3 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 40.4 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 36.4 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 33.3 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 35.2 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
113 studentsB- (35.2)Average -0.04
113 studentsB- (35.2)Average -0.05
57 studentsDist- (32)Average -0.02
19.7%AAB or better
96.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24128C+ (33.3)-0.07
2022/23105B- (36.4)—
2021/22120B (40.4)—
2018/19141C+ (33.3)-0.08
2017/18144C (30.3)-0.19
2016/17159C (31.3)-0.17
2015/16149C+ (32.3)-0.10

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University68.5+4.5
Further and other education2.7−1.7
Further education1.4−2.3
Other education1.4+0.7
Apprenticeship2.7−5.4
Employment15.1−1.1
Not in a lasting destination7.5+2.4
Activity not captured3.4+1.2

Ofsted

St Thomas More Catholic High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 May 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
17 May 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2017Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Sept 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 1 April 2024).

Recommend
93%
Replies
86
5% · 1 Apr 2024
Child is happy at school▲94% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲93% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲92% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▲93% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼78% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲91% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲87% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲86% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 78% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲65% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 34% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲87% agreeEngland 67%

based on 15 parents (17%) with SEND

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