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St Thomas More Catholic High School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · Roman CatholicCheshire East, North West · Crewe CW2 8AETrust: The South Cheshire Catholic Multi-Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
642of 640 places
Free school meals
17.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
127
Ofsted
School remains Good, 5 November 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Thomas More Catholic High School, A Specialist School for Maths & ICT (URN 111452, until 1 June 2013).

What the data says

St Thomas More Catholic High School has no sixth form. Of the 127 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 75% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.

German is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.7 against 46.1 across England and 47.1 in Cheshire East, with 46% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cheshire East and England.

This school
Cheshire East
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolCheshire EastEngland
Pupils in the cohort1274,099607,348
Any sustained destination99%94%92%
Stayed in education93%88%86%
— school sixth form15%40%34%
— sixth form college3%7%13%
— further education college75%40%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship5%3%3%
Employment2%3%3%
No sustained destination1%4%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolCheshire EastEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)47.747.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%45%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths74%68%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects54%39%41%
EBacc average point score4.244.104.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort22%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.432.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.550.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language30%9%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language12699%89%20%20%73%
Mathematics12699%88%19%22%76%
Religious Studies12598%31%27%32%73%
English Literature11591%86%27%21%90%
French8164%18%1%29%25%
Combined Science7761%65%5%9%42%
History5443%41%28%26%69%
Business Studies5241%18%23%20%71%
Physics4939%23%29%46%94%
Chemistry4939%23%27%47%86%
Biology4939%23%24%45%96%
German4233%5%24%33%74%
Physical Education3830%11%18%24%63%
Computer Science3225%13%6%30%44%
Fine Art2318%9%26%28%87%
Geography2117%41%33%25%86%
Design and Technology2016%11%10%23%45%
Polish2016%1%60%84%80%
Music1915%5%11%33%42%
Food Preparation and Nutrition1814%8%17%21%50%
Drama1411%7%14%27%50%
Textiles129%2%0%27%58%
Chinese22%1%75%
Italian11%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies24
Computer Appreciation / Introduction15

Other secondary schools in Cheshire East

Alsager School

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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9

Brine Leas School

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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Congleton High School

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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.8

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.