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St Thomas More Catholic High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,660Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137734URN

Lynn Road, North Shields, NE29 8LF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
close to North Tyneside median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North Tyneside

429 applications for 266 places · 5th of 8 in North Tyneside
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.8of 90
5th of 11 in North Tyneside
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 17 May 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
close to North Tyneside median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

429 applications · 266 places offered · 253 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.6; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.6; North Tyneside median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.5; North Tyneside median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.4; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.4; North Tyneside median median 1.4
  6. 2021 1.5; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  7. 2020 1.5; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  8. 2019 1.4; North Tyneside median median 1.4
  9. 2018 1.3; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  10. 2017 1.4; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.4; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  12. 2015 1.3; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.4; North Tyneside median median 1.4
More applications per place than the North Tyneside median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • North Tyneside median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262664291.62530.95
Sep 20252634131.62671.02
Sep 20242623811.52430.93
Sep 20232673761.42600.97
Sep 20222623721.42490.95
Sep 20212703921.52731.01
Sep 20202663901.52741.03
Sep 20192693771.42721.01
Sep 20182573341.32450.95
Sep 20172663751.42731.03
Sep 20162683641.42681.00
Sep 20152603271.32621.01
Sep 20142673631.42771.04

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

260 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.85th of 11 in North Tyneside
Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%5th of 11 in North Tyneside
Grade 4 or above in English and maths68%
  • This school
  • North Tyneside median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.21
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26048.850%68%–
2024/2525449.646%69%–
2023/2425949.244%66%+0.21
2022/2325850.152%74%+0.06

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137734 · 392/4605
Trust
Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,650 pupils · 1,660 on roll
Free school meals
28.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2011
Replaced
St Thomas More Roman Catholic High School Aided (URN 108648)
Address
Lynn Road, North Shields, NE29 8LF
Local authority
North Tyneside

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources