St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Willenhall, WV14 7BL
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Grace Academy Darlaston
Herberts Park Road, Wednesbury, WS10 8QJ
Local ranking10th of 19 secondary schools in Walsall
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1075
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 5.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 172
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 63.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 11.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D+
Avg A-Level Grade
24.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
24.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
29
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 75
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1068
- Boys
- 553 (52%)
- Girls
- 515 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1075 (99% full)
- SEND
- 24.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.0%
- EAL
- 14.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 20.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,477/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 35.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 56.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 7.6%
- Asian Indian: 5.8%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 5.6%
- Black African: 5.5%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Asian Other: 3.4%
- Black Caribbean: 3.0%
56.1%
White British
7.6%
Asian Pakistani
5.8%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Herberts Park Road
Wednesbury, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 135956
- UKPRN
- 10027983
- Establishment No.
- 6907
- Trust
- TOVE LEARNING TRUST
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