St Thomas More Catholic High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Cheshire East
Dane Bank Avenue, Crewe, CW2 8AE
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 05/11/2024
Application demand
75%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.3%
15.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
642
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
640 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
75%
1st preference success rate
128 of 170 families who put it first got an offer
128
Places offered
304
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 170 | 128 | ● 75% |
| 2nd preference | 87 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 47 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 304 | 128 | 42% |
1st preference success by year
Cheshire East lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (0 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
- Academy converter
- 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
- Katherine Packham
- Address
- Dane Bank Avenue, Crewe, CW2 8AE
- Phone
- 01270568014
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Ward / constituency
- Crewe South · Crewe and Nantwich
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139764
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 17% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 28% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE SOUTH CHESHIRE CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
642 pupils · 640 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
05 November 2024
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good - 20
05 March 2020
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 657 pupils
Attendance
93.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.5%
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 | 47.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.26 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 42% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 66% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.35 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 45.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 74% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 54.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.24 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 127 | — |
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 | 126 | 19% | 52% | 76% | |
| English Language | 126 | 20% | 57% | 73% | |
| Religious Studies | 125 | 27% | 55% | 73% | |
| English Literature | 115 | 27% | 73% | 90% | |
| French | 81 | 1% | 16% | 25% | |
| Combined Science | 77 | 5% | 14% | 42% | |
| History | 54 | 28% | 52% | 69% | |
| Business | 52 | 23% | 62% | 71% | |
| Biology | 49 | 24% | 73% | 96% | |
| Physics | 49 | 29% | 65% | 94% | |
| Chemistry | 49 | 27% | 69% | 86% | |
| German | 42 | 24% | 60% | 74% |
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 Cheshire East 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.