St Thomas More RC College
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Tameside
Town Lane, Manchester, M34 6AF
71
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
85%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.5%
17.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
797
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
780 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
85%
1st preference success rate
144 of 170 families who put it first got an offer
153
Places offered
423
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 170 | 144 | ● 85% |
| 2nd preference | 118 | 6 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 74 | 3 | ● 4% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 61 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 423 | 153 | 36% |
1st preference success by year
Tameside lets families list 6 preferences. 67 applications came from outside the council area (33 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Huw Brophy
- Address
- Town Lane, Denton, Manchester, M34 6AF
- Phone
- 01613362743
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Ward / constituency
- Denton North East · Gorton and Denton
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 106271
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 27% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 6% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
797 pupils · 780 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
30 June 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 812 pupils
Attendance
93.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
17.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.43 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 78% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.37 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 42% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 69.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 36% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.82 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 150 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 148 | 12% | 54% | 81% | |
| English Language | 148 | 11% | 43% | 61% | |
| English Literature | 145 | 10% | 55% | 74% | |
| Religious Studies | 144 | 20% | 51% | 63% | |
| Combined Science | 123 | 7% | 33% | 58% | |
| Geography | 86 | 7% | 38% | 52% | |
| Art and Design | 41 | 29% | 54% | 73% | |
| History | 32 | 31% | 59% | 72% | |
| German | 30 | 17% | 53% | 83% | |
| Design & Technology | 30 | 13% | 57% | 67% | |
| French | 25 | 24% | 64% | 76% | |
| Physical Education | 23 | 0% | 30% | 48% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Tameside council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.