St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Blaydon-on-Tyne, Gateshead
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon is a secondary school in Blaydon-on-Tyne, Gateshead for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 March 2023. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 51.9 (England 46).
- Sixth-form results in 2024/25 showed an average A level grade of C+ (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level below average.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 263 first-choice applications for 244 offers; 231 offers went to first-choice families, and 32 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 18.6% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 35.1% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Gateshead.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gateshead schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Croftdale Road, Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 4BQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 1,401 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 March 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders, with the support of the trust, have created a climate of high ambition at the school.”
- “The headteacher has overseen well-considered changes that have built on the traditions of the school.”
- “Pupils aspire to meet the high expectations leaders have for all.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the use of assessment to inform next steps by some teachers is less well developed.”
- “This means that, for some pupils, opportunities are missed to address misconceptions.”
- “Inconsistencies in approaches to managing classroom behaviour is causing frustration for some pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 60% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 263 first-preference applications, 244 offers in total, 231 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Gateshead.
- Whickham School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thorp Academy 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsmeadow Community School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grace College 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead 6.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- XP Gateshead 6.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heworth Grange School 6.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published