St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · London, Greenwich
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Royal Borough of Greenwich · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School is a secondary school in London, Greenwich for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2022. Greenwich has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 73% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Greenwich.
- Year 7 2026 drew 164 first-choice applications for 116 offers; 100 offers went to first-choice families, and 64 first-choice families (39%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 544 applications for Year 7 in 2026, 178 (33%) came from families living outside Greenwich; 28 offers went to them.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 15.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 29.6% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Greenwich.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Greenwich schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Footscray Road, Eltham, London, SE9 2SU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Council
- Greenwich
- Pupils on roll
- 637 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2022
Strengths
- “St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive school is a loving community which is welcoming, safe, forgiving and positive.”
- “Pupils deeply respect each other and all the staff.”
- “They relish learning and love coming to school.”
To improve
- “However, in Years 7 and 8, pupils do not have the opportunity to study some subjects in depth.”
- “For example, in history, pupils do not have the chance to learn in much detail about 20th century history.”
- “Where this is the case, it affects some pupils’ ability to develop secure and deep knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 January 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) | 73% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 60.6 | 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: 164 first-preference applications, 116 offers in total, 100 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 Greenwich.
- Leigh Stationers' Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Eltham Hill School 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Harris Academy Greenwich 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Halley 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ark Greenwich Free School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Thomas Tallis School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Blackheath 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Plumstead Manor School 2.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published