St Thomas More Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Stoke-on-Trent
Longton Hall Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 2NJ
56
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
96%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.3%
26.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,085
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
1,135 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
96%
1st preference success rate
156 of 162 families who put it first got an offer
198
Places offered
474
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 162 | 156 | ● 96% |
| 2nd preference | 150 | 33 | ● 22% |
| 3rd preference | 99 | 7 | ● 7% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 63 | 2 | ● 3% |
| Total | 474 | 198 | 42% |
1st preference success by year
Stoke-on-Trent lets families list 5 preferences. 8 applications came from outside the council area (2 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
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Mark Rayner
- Address
- Longton Hall Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 2NJ
- Phone
- 01782882900
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Ward / constituency
- Hollybush · Stoke-on-Trent South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 140304
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 37% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 35% | — | — |
| SEN support | 19% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
1,085 pupils · 1,135 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
05 October 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,039 pupils
Attendance
91.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.0%
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 | 39.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.21 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 31% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 49% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 26.69 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 35.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 64.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 29.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.68 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 195 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 28.57 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 5.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 38 | — |
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 | 192 | 17% | 44% | 68% | |
| English Language | 192 | 14% | 45% | 67% | |
| Religious Studies | 191 | 26% | 59% | 64% | |
| English Literature | 190 | 15% | 56% | 74% | |
| Combined Science | 189 | 12% | 37% | 56% | |
| Geography | 111 | 5% | 23% | 45% | |
| History | 67 | 21% | 49% | 60% | |
| Business | 63 | 5% | 38% | 51% | |
| Art and Design | 31 | 26% | 65% | 81% | |
| Design & Technology | 27 | 0% | 19% | 44% | |
| Computer Science | 26 | 8% | 27% | 42% | |
| French | 23 | 26% | 61% | 74% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | 14 | 0% | 0% | 21% | |
| English Literature | 10 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |
| Biology | 9 | 0% | 11% | 22% | |
| History | 8 | 0% | 0% | 13% | |
| Chemistry | 8 | 0% | 0% | 38% | |
| Business Studies | 8 | 0% | 0% | 13% | |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 0% | 13% | 38% | |
| Psychology | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57% | |
| Mathematics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 19294: St Thomas More Catholic College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 70% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 3% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 72% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
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 Stoke-on-Trent 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.