St Thomas More Catholic High School is a mixed secondary academy in Crewe, Cheshire East Council, teaching 642 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in November 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 47.7 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 13 April 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Thomas More Catholic High School.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
S5 Inspection · Inspected 5 Nov 2024 · Published 2 Dec 2024
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Thomas More Catholic High School.

St Thomas More Catholic High School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Inset Day
  • 2 Inset Day
  • 3 School Opens for Autumn Term
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 24 Autumn Half Term Starts
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3 Autumn Half Term Ends / School Reopens
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19 Christmas Holiday Starts
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 5 Inset Day
  • 6 Spring Term Begins
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 13 Spring Half Term Starts
  • 23 Spring Half Term Ends / School Reopens
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 6 Inset Day
  • 27 Easter Holiday Starts
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 13 Summer Term Begins
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 22 Summer Half Term Starts
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Summer Half Term Ends / School Reopens
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 17 Summer Holiday Starts
  • 20 Inset Day

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • School Opens for Autumn Term September 3, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Starts October 24, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Half Term Ends / School Reopens November 3, 2025 Holiday
  • Christmas Holiday Starts December 19, 2025 Holiday
  • Spring Term Begins January 6, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Starts February 13, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Half Term Ends / School Reopens February 23, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday Starts March 27, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Begins April 13, 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term Starts May 22, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term Ends / School Reopens June 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday Starts July 17, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day September 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day September 2, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day January 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day March 6, 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day July 20, 2026 Inset Day

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
47.7 Attainment 8 England 46.1 Top 32%
45.7% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4% Top 36%
15.1% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Thomas More Catholic High School with Cheshire East Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 47.7 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Cheshire East Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 47.7
Cheshire East Council 47.1 England 46.1 +1.6 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 45.7%
Cheshire East Council 45.1% England 45.4% in line with England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 34.4
Cheshire East Council 32.3 England 34.9 in line with England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 17.1
Cheshire East Council 18.3 England 15.5 +1.6 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 22%
Cheshire East Council 19.1% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 127
Attendance 15.1% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Cheshire East Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 15.1%
Cheshire East Council 14.3% England 17.8% -2.7 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 6.7%
Cheshire East Council 6.1% England 6.8% in line with England
What pupils do after GCSEs 99% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Cheshire East Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 99%
Cheshire East Council 94% England 92% +7 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for St Thomas More Catholic High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Thomas More Catholic High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.