SCHOOL PROFILE

St Thomas More Catholic High School: data, trends and context

St Thomas More Catholic High School is a secondary school in Cheshire East. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
139764
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Cheshire East
Region
North West
Trust
THE SOUTH CHESHIRE CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
CW2 8AE
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
642
FSM eligible
17.0%
EAL / First language other than English
30.5%
SEND (total)
13.2%
SEN Support
8.3%
EHCP
5.0%
White British
49.2%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.3%
Overall absence
6.7%
Persistent absence
15.1%
Severe absence
2.3%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Cheshire EastLocal authority92.0%8.0%1.8%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
19.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.7%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.15%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
47.7
English & maths grade 5+
45.7%
English & maths grade 4+
74.0%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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St Thomas More Catholic High School is a secondary school in Cheshire East. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.