St Thomas More Catholic Academy
Longton Hall Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 2NJ
1,085 pupils · 96% of 1,135 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 37.3%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 October 2022, published 20 November 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.4 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 35.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 64.1% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 29.2% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 197 | 197 | 436 | 197 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 198 | 162 | 474 | 198 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 198 | 209 | 518 | 198 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 196 | 172 | 464 | 196 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 195 | 178 | 445 | 195 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 196 | 179 | 465 | 189 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 195 | 159 | 468 | 195 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 197 | 178 | 398 | 197 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy 1.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Peter's CofE Academy 2.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Ormiston Meridian Academy 2.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Discovery Academy 2.9 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams 3 km · No Ofsted rating
- St Joseph's College 3.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.