UK Schools
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Buxton, Derbyshire County Council, teaching 407 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in June 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 49.5 (England 46.1). The 2026–2027 school year runs from 3 September 2026 to 23 July 2027.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2026–2027
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy.
- 3 Day
- 3–30 Autumn Term
- 4 Day
- 7 Year 7 only
- 8 Rd All pupils return
- 1–31 Autumn Term
- 23–31 Autumn Term
- 1–2 Autumn Term
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 27 Day
- 1–18 Autumn Term
- 4–31 Spring Term
- 1–22 Spring Term
- 12–28 Spring Term
- 22 Day
- 1–25 Spring Term
- 12–30 Summer Term
- 1–31 Summer Term
- 3 Bank Holiday
- 28–31 Summer Term
- 1–7 Summer Term
- 1–30 Summer Term
- 1–23 Summer Term
- 9 Day
Key dates (2026–2027)
- Day Sep 3, 2026 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Sep 3, 2026-Nov 2, 2026 Term
- Day Sep 4, 2026 Inset Day
- Year 7 only Sep 7, 2026 Term
- Rd All pupils return Sep 8, 2026 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Oct 23, 2026-Dec 18, 2026 Term
- Day Nov 27, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term Jan 4, 2027-Feb 22, 2027 Term
- Spring Term Feb 12, 2027-Mar 25, 2027 Term
- Day Feb 22, 2027 Inset Day
- Summer Term Apr 12, 2027-Jun 7, 2027 Term
- Bank Holiday May 3, 2027 Bank Holiday
- Summer Term May 28, 2027-Jul 23, 2027 Term
- Day Jul 9, 2027 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy with Derbyshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 49.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Derbyshire County Council England
Attendance 23.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Derbyshire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 98% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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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 Voluntary Academy. 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 only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy 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.