St Thomas More Catholic High School, Crewe

In 2026, pupils at St Thomas More Catholic High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.1 in Cheshire East and 47 across England.

44% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Cheshire East and 47% in England.

That is up from 47.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.26: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.3, against 51.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, French and Combined Science.

For September 2026 entry, 159 families put St Thomas More Catholic High School as their first choice and 347 named it as one of their preferences, for 124 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 37 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Thomas More Catholic High School are The Oaks Academy (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 32.6); Ruskin Community High School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.2); Crewe Engineering and Design UTC (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 31.6); and Cheshire Studio School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 24).

St Thomas More Catholic High School's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

St Thomas More Catholic High School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

64 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Thomas More Catholic High School (as of September 2025): 86% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 78% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (78%).

Of the 138 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 72% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

30.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (49%), Asian (11%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 53 pupils (8.3%) received SEN support and 32 (5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Crewe Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Mary's School (opposite), 30 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Thomas More Catholic High School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 278 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cheshire East (61), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Thomas More Catholic High School issued 123 suspensions, 19 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to St Thomas More Catholic High School are St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe (under 0.1 miles); Vine Tree Primary School (0.1 miles); Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy (0.3 miles); and Wistaston Academy (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.