St Thomas More Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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St Thomas More Catholic Academy

Longton Hall Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 2NJ

https://www.stmca.org.uk/

St Thomas More Catholic Academy is a non-selective, Roman Catholic academy. It has about 1,150 boys and girls aged between 11 and 18. In October 2022 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Finances, Destinations, Sixth form and Disadvantaged pupils. Relative weaknesses include Attainment, Environment and Attendance.

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
1.2		Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
1.4		St Peter's CofE Academy
1.9		Discovery Academy
2.0		Ormiston Meridian Academy
2.2		St Joseph's College
2.2		Trentham Academy
2.4		Thistley Hough Academy
3.0		Clayton Hall Academy
3.6		Birches Head Academy
3.9		Blythe Bridge High School
4.0		The Excel Academy
4.1		St John Fisher Catholic College

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Finances: Above average. The school budget has been in surplus

Destinations: Above average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is quite low, while at 18 (allowing for attainment) it is very high.

Sixth form: Above average. Attainment is poor, progress is above average and destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are excellent.

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress up to age 16 is about average. Destinations at 16 are above average. Progress at 16-18 is about average. Destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are about average.

Progress: About average. Up to age 16 it is below average, while at ages 16-18 it is above average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is in balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Admissions: About average. The occupancy rate and offer rate are both quite high. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Attendance: Below average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite high.

Environment: Below average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are quite low, while crime is very high.

Attainment: Below average. Up to age 16 it is below average, while at ages 16-18 it is poor. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

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Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

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