St Thomas More Catholic Academy

Secondary Academy Stoke-on-Trent 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Good 📊 Attainment 8: 43.4

St Thomas More Catholic Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, teaching 1,085 pupils aged 11 to 18. Its last Ofsted inspection in October 2022 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 43.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 4 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Thomas More Catholic Academy.

Latest inspection
Good Ungraded inspection
Outcome: School remains Good. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 5 Oct 2022 · Published 20 Nov 2022
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Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

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

St Thomas More Catholic Academy original calendar 2025–2026
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St Thomas More Catholic Academy interactive calendar 2025–2026
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Interactive Calendar

September 2025
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  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
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December 2025
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  • 19 Autumn Term Ends
  • 20–31 Christmas Holiday
January 2026
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  • 1–4 Christmas Holiday
  • 5 Spring Term Starts
February 2026
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  • 3–12 Easter Holiday
  • 13 Summer Term Starts
May 2026
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  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
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July 2026
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August 2026
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September 2026
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Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Autumn Term Starts Sep 4, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term Ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Starts Jan 5, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Ends Apr 2, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Apr 3-12, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Starts Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 25 - Jun 5, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Ends Jul 17, 2026 Term
  • Summer Holiday Jul 18 - Sep 2, 2026 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
43.4 Attainment 8 England 46.1
35.9% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
28.57 A level average score England 35
26.1% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Thomas More Catholic Academy with Stoke-on-Trent City Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 43.4 Attainment 8 score

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

This school Stoke-on-Trent City Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 43.4
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 39.8 England 46.1 -2.7 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 35.9%
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 33.2% England 45.4% -9.5 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 36.9
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 31.5 England 34.9 +2 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 10.7
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 13.3 England 15.5 -4.8 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 38.5%
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 37.8% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 195
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 28.57 A level average point score

Results for students finishing post-16 study.

This school Stoke-on-Trent City Council England

A level average point score · Per entry, 50 = A* 28.57
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 33.28 England 35 -6.4 vs England
A level students · Small cohorts swing wildly 38
Attendance 26.1% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Stoke-on-Trent City Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 26.1%
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 18.7% England 17.8% +8.3 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 8.7%
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 6.9% England 6.8% +2 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 89% In education, apprenticeship or work

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

This school Stoke-on-Trent City Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 89%
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 87% England 92% -3 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 78%
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 78% England 83% -5 vs England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 86% In education, apprenticeship or work

Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.

This school Stoke-on-Trent City Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 86%
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 75% England 79% +7 vs England
Went to higher education 66%
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 34% England 37% +29 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 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Thomas More Catholic 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.