St Thomas More Catholic Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 2NJ
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 3JD
Local ranking8th of 14 secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1080
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 28 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 229
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 71.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1190
- Boys
- 592 (50%)
- Girls
- 583 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1080 (109% full)
- SEND
- 19.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.8%
- EAL
- 10.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 16.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,627/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
- 9.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.8% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 80.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.9%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Black African: 2.0%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Other: 1.2%
80.1%
White British
6.9%
Asian Pakistani
2.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Beaconsfield Drive
Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 136145
- UKPRN
- 10030652
- Establishment No.
- 6906
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
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