SCHOOL PROFILE

St Thomas More Catholic Academy: data, trends and context

St Thomas More Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent. 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
140304
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Region
West Midlands
Trust
ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
ST3 2NJ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,085
FSM eligible
36.1%
EAL / First language other than English
33.6%
SEND (total)
20.7%
SEN Support
17.8%
EHCP
2.9%
White British
38.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.3%
Overall absence
8.7%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Severe absence
3.7%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Stoke-on-TrentLocal authority90.7%9.3%4.5%
West MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.4%
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
16.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
6.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.36%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
43.4
English & maths grade 5+
35.9%
English & maths grade 4+
64.1%

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 Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.