St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Buxton, SK17 6AF
- Distance
- 6.3km away
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
Long Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, SK23 0TQ
Local ranking9th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
950
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 8 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 8 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 185
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 943
- Boys
- 477 (51%)
- Girls
- 464 (49%)
- Capacity
- 950 (99% full)
- SEND
- 21.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.6%
- EAL
- 1.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 9.3%
- SEN Support
- 12.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,877/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
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.1%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.3%
- White Irish: 0.2%
- Asian Indian: 0.1%
93.1%
White British
3.7%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Long Lane
High Peak, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 112932
- UKPRN
- 10015122
- Establishment No.
- 4019
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