St Thomas More Catholic High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Crewe, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.157 miles
6 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas More Catholic High School is a secondary school in Crewe, Cheshire East for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas More Catholic High School 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 | 0.157 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 0.157 miles from the school, under one of its admission criteria.
- Year 7 last distances swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was nearer than in 2025 and 2024, and the shortest of the 3 years.
- Year 7 2026 had 159 first-choice applications for 124 offers; 122 offers went to first-choice families and 37 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 47.7 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire East schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dane Bank Avenue, Crewe, CW2 8AE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 642 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “St Thomas More Catholic High School is a friendly, caring and inclusive school.”
- “The school is ambitious for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Pupils and the community are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “However, the school does not make sure that all teachers consistently check that pupils have learned the important knowledge they need before moving them on.”
- “This means that some pupils develop gaps in their learning, which can hinder their achievement.”
- “However, a small proportion of older pupils do not benefit from sustained interventions to improve their reading knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 December 2024 (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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.7 | 46 |
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: 159 first-preference applications, 124 offers in total, 122 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 Cheshire East.
- The Oaks Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Ruskin Community High School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC 1.2 mi Not judged
- Cheshire Studio School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Shavington Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir William Stanier School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brine Leas School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Malbank School and Sixth Form College 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published