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St. Thomas More Language College

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · Roman CatholicKensington and Chelsea, London · London SW3 2QSTrust: Saint John Southworth Catholic Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
489of 597 places
Free school meals
46.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
122
Ofsted
Good, 24 May 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Saint Thomas More Language College (URN 100502, until 1 September 2024).

What the data says

St. Thomas More Language College has no sixth form. Of the 122 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 22% moved to a sixth form college, 11% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.9 against 46.1 across England and 54.5 in Kensington and Chelsea, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Nearly everyone studies a modern language to GCSE (Spanish, French entries add up to 100% of the cohort), which is rare outside selective and independent schools.

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 Kensington and Chelsea and England.

This school
Kensington and Chelsea
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolKensington and ChelseaEngland
Pupils in the cohort122997607,348
Any sustained destination89%92%92%
Stayed in education89%91%86%
— school sixth form56%62%34%
— sixth form college22%9%13%
— further education college11%15%37%
— other education0%4%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%
Employment1%1%3%
No sustained destination7%5%6%
Destination unknown4%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolKensington and ChelseaEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)45.954.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%61%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%77%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects17%46%41%
EBacc average point score3.884.894.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort31%36%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils40.146.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils48.559.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language57%38%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
Mathematics122100%88%25%22%78%
English Literature12199%86%11%21%64%
English Language12199%89%13%20%63%
Religious Studies12098%31%28%32%77%
Combined Science10082%65%4%9%49%
Spanish7662%19%28%27%50%
French4839%18%15%29%40%
Sociology2823%4%14%21%68%
Business Studies2823%18%4%20%68%
Design and Technology2621%11%0%23%58%
Chemistry2117%23%57%47%100%
Biology2117%23%67%45%100%
Psychology2117%3%19%22%67%
Physics2117%23%52%46%95%
Art and Design1714%7%24%24%47%
Food Preparation and Nutrition1613%8%0%21%19%
History1411%41%36%26%57%
Film Studies108%1%20%20%50%
Portuguese97%0%67%50%100%
Geography76%41%29%25%86%
Polish43%1%84%
Russian32%0%87%
Arabic22%1%47%
Italian22%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies20

Other secondary schools in Kensington and Chelsea

Chelsea Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,106 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9

Holland Park School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,376 pupils

No destination data · Attainment 8 59.4

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.