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St. Thomas More Language College

  • 11–16Ages
  • 489Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 151008URN

Cadogan Street, London, SW3 2QS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.9 below Kensington and Chelsea median (2.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Kensington and Chelsea

285 applications for 143 places · 6th of 6 in Kensington and Chelsea
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.3of 90
6th of 6 in Kensington and Chelsea
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 24 May 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
2.0applications per place, Year 7
0.9 below Kensington and Chelsea median (2.9) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

285 applications · 143 places offered · 49 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; Kensington and Chelsea median median 2.9
  2. 2025 2.5; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.4
  3. 2024 2.7; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.9; as the previous school
  4. 2023 3.3; Kensington and Chelsea median median 4.2; as the previous school
  5. 2022 3.9; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.5; as the previous school
  6. 2021 3.9; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.5; as the previous school
  7. 2020 4.2; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 3.9; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.4; as the previous school
  9. 2018 4.7; Kensington and Chelsea median median 2.3; as the previous school
  10. 2017 4.6; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.4; as the previous school
  11. 2016 4.2; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 4.8; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 4.4; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Kensington and Chelsea median

Dashed bars: as Saint Thomas More Language College (URN 100502), the previous school.

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 20261432852.0490.34
Sep 20251493682.5540.36
Sep 2024 *1423842.7490.35
Sep 2023 *1334373.3570.43
Sep 2022 *1305113.9620.48
Sep 2021 *1475713.9800.54
Sep 2020 *1405884.2750.54
Sep 2019 *1555973.9940.61
Sep 2018 *1346274.7970.72
Sep 2017 *1376294.61000.73
Sep 2016 *1325604.2760.58
Sep 2015 *1296144.81030.80
Sep 2014 *1175184.4790.68

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

121 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.36th of 6 in Kensington and Chelsea
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%6th of 6 in Kensington and Chelsea
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • Kensington and Chelsea median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.20
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12145.341%65%–
2024/2512245.947%65%–
2023/24 *13647.544%69%+0.20
2022/23 *12251.059%71%+0.28

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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  • Urgent improvement
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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
151008 · 207/4681
Trust
Saint John Southworth Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
597 pupils · 489 on roll
Free school meals
46.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2024
Replaced
Saint Thomas More Language College (URN 100502)
Address
Cadogan Street, London, SW3 2QS
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea

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