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St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College

Secondary · Nuneaton · CV10 7EX

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 24 May 2023

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At a glance

1,067 pupils · 104% of 1,030 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
21.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
23% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.st-thomas-more.net/
URN
141836

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 201 families named it first for 156 Year 7 places, 1.29 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.385 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 6 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 24 May 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.29 first-choice applications per place

156 places offered · 201 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.385 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.385 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

164 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
47.5
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
63.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
44.5%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.2
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
36.8
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school47.5
Median of its 12 closest peers51.2
Warwickshire average50
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
The Langley AcademySlough · 80 miles awayGood52.4
Finchley Catholic High SchoolLondon · 83 miles awayGood62.3
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyBury · 82 miles awayGood46
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' SchoolHatfield · 75 miles awayOutstanding51.9
Jane Austen CollegeNorwich · 117 miles awayOutstanding53.7
The De Montfort SchoolEvesham · 36 miles awayGood38.4
The Westgate SchoolSlough · 78 miles awayGood40.6
St Joseph's RC High SchoolBolton · 86 miles awayGood44.8
Brooke Weston AcademyGreat Oakley · 33 miles awayGood50.5
Gartree High SchoolLeicester · 18 miles awayGood54
Blackfen School for GirlsSidcup · 100 miles awayGood44.1
St Thomas More High SchoolWestcliff-on-Sea · 113 miles awayGood52.3

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 58% (Warwickshire 68%, England 59%) · Any other White background 18% (Warwickshire 7%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 7% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Black African 6% (Warwickshire 2%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Warwickshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.31 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Warwickshire: 15.97 suspensions and 0.21 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

64.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,432; 6% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,906
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 14% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£302,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
92%
Continuing in education
83%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
5%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
53%
Apprenticeship
11%
Employment
24%
Any sustained destination
90%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher21%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier64.3%62.3%
Social housing8.4%17.1%
Privately rented27.3%20.5%
Detached houses5.3%22.9%
Flats8.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031059 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£190,000433 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£150,000–£230,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (61)£270,000
Semi-detached (157)£215,000
Terraced (164)£172,000
Flat (51)£95,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (0.62 km, 2026 entry): 198 sales, median £196,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
13an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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