St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
Croftdale Road, Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 4BQ
Local ranking2nd of 9 secondary schools in Gateshead
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1509
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 51.9
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 60.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.3%
- Entering EBacc
- 63.9%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7
- Cohort Size
- 230
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 61.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 15.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.8
Avg Points/Entry
36.1
Best 3 A-Levels
109
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.3%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 37.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 214
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1400
- Boys
- 684 (49%)
- Girls
- 716 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1509 (93% full)
- SEND
- 9.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.7%
- EAL
- 8.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 6.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,392/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.4%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.4%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Other: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.2%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.6%
84.4%
White British
3.3%
White Other
3.3%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137851
- UKPRN
- 10036413
- Establishment No.
- 4606
- Trust
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST