St Thomas More Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
1.71 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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St Thomas More Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 October 2022. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
St Thomas More Catholic Academy 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 2025 | 1.71 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2025, the last child offered a place lived 1.71 miles away, the 7th shortest of 15 Stoke-on-Trent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 197 first-choice applications for 197 offers; 178 offers went to first-choice families, and 19 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 43.4 (England 46).
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stoke-on-Trent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Longton Hall Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 2NJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,085 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at St Thomas More Catholic Academy because staff provide them with excellent care.”
- “Staff make time for pupils’ welfare and no problem is too great.”
- “Pupils trust their teachers and talk openly with them.”
To improve
- “However, in key stage 3 mathematics, the curriculum does not ensure pupils practise and remember all that they should, for example the relationship between the sides and angles of triangles.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2022 (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) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.4 | 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: 197 first-preference applications, 197 offers in total, 178 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 Stoke-on-Trent.
- Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ormiston Meridian Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Discovery Academy 1.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's College 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Trentham Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thistley Hough Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published