St Thomas More High School, Westcliff-on-Sea

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 High School

Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 0BW

https://www.st-thomasmore.southend.sch.uk/

St Thomas More High School is a non-selective, Roman Catholic academy. It has about 1,240 boys aged between 11 and 18. In April 2018 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Attendance, Environment, Disadvantaged pupils and Progress. Relative weaknesses include Admissions, Representation and Sixth form.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.1		Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
0.2		Westcliff High School for Girls
0.7		The Eastwood Academy
0.8		Chase High School
1.1		Southend High School for Boys
1.4		Belfairs Academy
1.7		St Bernard's High School
2.5		Cecil Jones Academy
3.2		The King Edmund School
3.2		Southchurch High School
3.2		The Deanes
3.4		Southend High School for Girls

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Attendance: Excellent. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very low.

Environment: Above average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very low, while crime is roughly average.

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

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

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

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

Finances: About average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Sixth form: Below average. Attainment is below average, progress is about average and destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are below average.

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both slightly out of balance with the local community.

Admissions: Poor. The occupancy rate is very high and the offer rate is quite low. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

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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