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State secondary · 11 to 16 · Mixed · Roman Catholic · 797 pupils

St Thomas More RC College

Town Lane, Denton, Manchester, M34 6AF · Tameside
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

Offers reached between 0.18 and 1.06 miles in the last 5 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council offer-day figures, 2022 to 2026.

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Ofsted: School remains Good · June 2022Top 34% (5/15)Oversubscribed · 1.3 first choices per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 1,276th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Top 34%.
Top 34% (5/15)Rank among 15 Tameside secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Tameside league table →
Inspection
School remains Good, June 2022
Getting in
Oversubscribed; last offer 0.18 mi (2026)
Results
+0.43 progress 8; 48.1 attainment 8
Size
797 pupils; 149 places a year; classes of 24
Faith
Roman Catholic
Run by
Tameside council
Type
Voluntary aided school
Ages
11 to 16 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: +0.43, against -0.18 in Tameside.
  • Attainment 8: 48.1, against 44.7 in Tameside.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 41.7, against 35.4 in Tameside.
  • Oversubscribed: 1.3 first choices for each place (Year 7 2026).
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At a glance

Against Tameside and England
This schoolTamesideEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+0.43
Better than Tameside
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
48.1
Better than Tameside
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
51%
Better than Tameside
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
6.5%
Better than Tameside
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
17.7%
Better than Tameside
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
41.7
Worse than Tameside
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
24.2
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
26%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
16.2
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.3
More sought after than Tameside
Tameside and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • A Roman Catholic school: its admissions policy may give priority by faith. DfE, Get Information about Schools
  • 195 families put it first for 149 places; 144 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • School remains Good Ofsted · inspected 30 June 2022
  • Progress 8: +0.43 (England +0.01) (county -0.18) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 48.1 (England 47.4) (county 44.7) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 51% (England 48%) (county 44%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: above average DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024

Daily life

  • Absence: 6.5% of sessions missed; 18% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 8.5% and 24% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 42 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 17); 3 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 24.2 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 16.2 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 103 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 18 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 8 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 13.4 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.7 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Voluntary aided school is run by its local council (Tameside), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
1.5 mi0.750
20222023202420252026

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026160474160—0.18
Year 72025160—160—0.5
Year 72024160—160—0.27
Year 72023160—163—0.37
Year 72022160—160—1.06

Source: Council offer-day figures: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, 2022 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026149195457144
Year 72025153170423144
Year 72024151207471148
Year 72023156172437145
Year 72022152206419149
Year 72021153183447146
Year 72020146161444140
Year 72019149212469147
Year 72018149218518146
Year 72017153193500146

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+0.43+0.01-0.182023/2024
Attainment 848.147.444.72025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above51%48%44%2025/2026

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)Top 34% (5/15)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
30 June 2022Ungraded visitSchool remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 2022.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2415193%In education 89%; Apprenticeship 2.6%; Employment 2.0%
After GCSEs2022/2315293%In education 88%; Apprenticeship 1.3%; Employment 3.9%
After GCSEs2021/2215290%In education 80%; Apprenticeship 5.3%; Employment 4.6%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Tameside league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/256.5%1.8%4.7%18%2.6%
2023/246.7%2.5%4.1%19%1.5%
2022/236.5%3.0%3.5%18%1.8%
Schools with a similar intake8.5%24%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (20-30%), the median of 896 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2541.712%3303
2023/2430.78.9%2402
2022/2315.65.9%1210
Schools with a similar intake16.8

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size24.22025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher16.2November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus103

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20255
20243
20231
20226
20213

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 8 serious and 0 fatal in all; 3 involved a pedestrian, 4 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO213.42024
PM1011.92024
PM257.72024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals26%2025/26
First language other than English5.9%2025/26
SEN support8.9%2025/26
Education, health and care plan7.3%2025/26
Girls52%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Voluntary aided school is run by its local council (Tameside), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Manchester and the Tameside league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.