St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Buxton, SK17 6AF
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Buxton Community School
College Road, Buxton, SK17 9EA
Local ranking31st of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1331
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 January 2020. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Buxton Community School (URN 112970) since 1 June 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 172
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 36.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 36.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
75
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 25.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 164
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1031
- Boys
- 451 (47%)
- Girls
- 503 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1331 (72% full)
- SEND
- 17.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.6%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,689/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
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.7%
- White Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Black Other: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Asian Chinese: 0.3%
92.7%
White British
3.2%
White Other
1.0%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
College Road
Buxton, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 149645
- UKPRN
- 10092166
- Establishment No.
- 4510
- Trust
- EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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