St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolMadeley High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Crewe.

Summary of the comparison

St Thomas More Catholic High School and Madeley High School are secondary schools in Crewe.

  • St Thomas More Catholic High School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Madeley High School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). Madeley High School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Thomas More Catholic High School was judged the expected standard and Madeley High School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 47.7 for St Thomas More Catholic High School and 49.5 for Madeley High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at St Thomas More Catholic High School (49.7 in 2021-22, 47.7 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Madeley High School (51.4 in 2021-22, 49.5 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Thomas More Catholic High School versus Madeley High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CreweSt Thomas More Catholic High SchoolCreweMadeley High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100C66/100Stronger figure
Local ranking3rd of 22 in Cheshire East 8th of 70 in Staffordshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll647 769
Capacity640 675
LocationCrewe, CW2 8AE Crewe, CW3 9JJ
GCSE results
Attainment 847.7 49.5 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths45.7% 55.0% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths74.0% 75.7% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc54.3% Stronger figure28.6% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.24 4.45 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort127 140
Pupils
Pupils in the census647 769
Free school meals (ever 6)19.3% 15.5%
English as an additional language27.8% 2.5%
SEN support7.9% 8.6%
SEN with an EHC plan5.4% 2.6%
Attendance
Overall absence6.7% 6.1% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence15.1% 14.2% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Thomas More Catholic High School

Madeley High School

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