St Thomas More Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- North Shields, NE29 8LF
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Norham High School
Alnwick Avenue, North Shields, NE29 7BU
Local ranking7th of 15 secondary schools in North Tyneside
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
520
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 22 March 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 82
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 456
- Boys
- 267 (54%)
- Girls
- 231 (46%)
- Capacity
- 520 (96% full)
- SEND
- 34.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 63.2%
- EAL
- 13.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 13.6%
- SEN Support
- 20.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,950/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.6%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Black African: 3.4%
- Black Other: 1.6%
- Other: 1.6%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
85.6%
White British
3.4%
White Other
3.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Alnwick Avenue
North Shields, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 108628
- UKPRN
- 10004664
- Establishment No.
- 4008
- Trust
- The North Tyneside Learning Trust
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