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St Thomas More Catholic School, London

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Secondary
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Roman Catholic
Ages 11–18

St Thomas More Catholic School is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18 in London, part of The Cardinal Hume Academies Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in May 2024. Its 2026 GCSE results were the 105th-highest of the 266 schools in London with published results, and 650th of 3,298 across England. It was 91% full in 2025.

GCSE results
Above England average
Ofsted
Outstanding (2024)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
Better than England average
Progress (2024)
Above average
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Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days

Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Haringey (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

St Thomas More Catholic School in detail

Results

In 2026, pupils at St Thomas More Catholic School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 49.3 in Haringey and 47 across England.

52% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 50% in Haringey and 47% in England.

That is down from 54.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.46: 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 47.7, against 55 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Spanish.

Getting a place at St Thomas More Catholic School

For September 2026 entry, 195 families put St Thomas More Catholic School as their first choice and 534 named it as one of their preferences, for 182 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 36 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at St Thomas More Catholic School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Thomas More Catholic School are Mulberry Academy Woodside (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.4); Heartlands High School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.5); St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55.3); and Laurel Park School (1 mile, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37.7).

St Thomas More Catholic School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Mulberry Academy WoodsideHeartlands High SchoolSt Anne's Catholic High School for GirlsLaurel Park School

The trust

St Thomas More Catholic School is one of 3 schools run by The Cardinal Hume Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.3 in 2024/25.

All 3 schools in The Cardinal Hume Academies Trust

Where pupils go next

Of the 216 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 17% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 108 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 80% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 9% into work. 26% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

Who goes there

28% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (44%), Mixed (10%) and other ethnic groups (9%).

Staffing

St Thomas More Catholic School had 94 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

Getting there

The nearest Underground station is Wood Green Underground Station, about 780 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wood Green Police Station, 240 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Thomas More Catholic School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 4th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, St Thomas More Catholic School issued 10 suspensions, 0.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

Primary schools nearby

The primary schools closest to St Thomas More Catholic School are Earlham Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Lift Trinity (0.3 miles), St Michael's CofE Primary School (0.4 miles) and Tottenhall Infant School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.

Earlham Primary SchoolLift TrinitySt Michael's CofE Primary SchoolTottenhall Infant School

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE destination measures; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Offered a place in 2026 (~352m)Unlikely (~458m)

Haringey published that the last place for 2026 entry went to a family 0.219 miles away (straight line). The cut-off moves every year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Alex Rosen
Pupils:1,296
LA:Haringey
Phone:02088887122
Address:Glendale Avenue, Wood Green, London, N22 5HN
Trust:THE CARDINAL HUME ACADEMIES TRUST (3 schools)
Admissions:Non-selective
Status:open
Opened:1 March 2013

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago
Outstanding

Overall

Outstanding

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Outstanding

Sixth Form

Inspected 14 May 2024View full report
URN:139362
UKPRN:10040652
Diocese:Archdiocese of Westminster
Constituency:Southgate and Wood Green
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Outstanding at its May 2024 inspection.

Rated Outstanding for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Sixth form.

At a Glance

30.8%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

Yes

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Secondary Performance (GCSE)

Academic year 2025/26

GCSE Results

2023
2024
2025
2026
Attainment 8 GCSE Eng+Maths

2025/26 academic year

Progress 8 has remained stable at around 0.46 (2023 to 2024). Attainment 8 has improved from 51.6 to 52.9 (2023 to 2026). GCSE English & Maths 5+ has remained stable at around 52% (2023 to 2026).

Performance by Group

GroupProgress 8Attainment 8Eng+Maths 5+
All pupils-52.952.2%
Disadvantaged(52)-47.744.2%
Not known to be disadvantaged(132)-55.055.3%
Boys(96)-52.052.1%
Girls(88)-54.052.3%
Show more breakdowns (2)
Known or believed to be other than English(30)-52.746.7%
Non mobile(174)-53.451.7%

2025/26 academic year - DfE performance tables data

GCSE Subjects Offered

Mathematics412
English Language366
English Literature364
Religious Studies362
Combined Science262
Spanish198
History198
Geography176
Social Studies150
Business Studies150
French136
Statistics116
Physics104
Biology104
Chemistry104
Drama82
Art and Design62
Design and Technology44
Media / Film / TV Studies44
Multimedia44

+ 7 more subjects

2025/26 academic year - entries by number of pupils

After GCSEs - Leaver Destinations

After GCSEs (Year 11) - 216 students

Continued education95%
Further education17%
Apprenticeships1%
Employment1%
Not in education/employment2%

2023/24 data

Exclusions & Suspensions

1

Permanent exclusions

0.08%

Exclusion rate

10

Suspensions

0.79%

Suspension rate

8 pupils received one or more suspensions out of 1,271 pupils

2024/25 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools

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Keep up with St Thomas More Catholic School

Term dates

St Thomas More Catholic School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Haringey's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Train Stations

Bowes Park Rail Station
862m · 14 min walk
Bowes Park (Entrance)
870m · 14 min walk

Tube / Metro / Tram

Wood Green Underground Station
782m · 13 min walk
Wood Green Station
802m · 13 min walk

Bus Stops

Wood Green Police Station (Stop BV)
235m · 4 min walk
Arcadian Gardens (Stop BR)
244m · 4 min walk
Wolves Lane Cemetery (->N)
335m · 5 min walk
Pellatt Grove (->W)
347m · 6 min walk
Wolves Lane (->E)
359m · 6 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. St Thomas More Catholic School is in Haringey; for families living there:

Apply to Haringey for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
117
Fatal
0
Serious
22
Children hurt
5

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 117 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 22 serious and 95 slight.

5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.

15 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Haringey is 119 (the median across 97 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at St Thomas More Catholic School

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What the report includes for St Thomas More Catholic School:

  • The straight-line distance from your home to St Thomas More Catholic School.
  • Last distance offered for 2026 entry, from Haringey's own figures, and how your distance compares each year.
  • Applications, first choices and offers at St Thomas More Catholic School for 2014 to 2026 entry.
  • How many families in Haringey got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
  • The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
  • Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

91%

Near capacity

1,271 pupils

1,394 places

123 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - London

Medium pressure
New homes approved:114,409
Projected new pupils:20,594

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for London

Across Haringey council

Low demand council-wide0.89 applications per place

Places available

2,574

Applications

2,285

Got 1st preference

76.8%

Got preferred school

96.9%

All secondary applications across Haringey council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(3)

14 May 2024
OutstandingReport
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
Sixth FormOutstanding
16 January 2019
18 June 2013
OutstandingReport
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

162

SEN Support

46

EHC Plans

16.0%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication44
Social, Emotional & Mental Health43
Moderate Learning Difficulty37
Autistic Spectrum Disorder32
Specific Learning Difficulty23
Other7
Visual Impairment3
Physical Disability3
Severe Learning Difficulty1
Profound & Multiple LD1
Hearing Impairment1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
8.3%
Asian
2.2%
Black
44.2%
Mixed
10.0%
Chinese
0.3%
Other
9.3%
Unclassified
3.7%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals30.8%
English as Additional Language28.0%

1,296

Total Pupils

669

Boys

627

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

94

Teachers

13.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£63,482

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£9,547

Per pupil

£9974k

Total funding

£354k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£1,247,222
EAL funding£64,367
Lump sum£163,682

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.8%

Overall absence

10.2%

Persistent absence

1,009

Enrolments

Authorised3.7%
Unauthorised1.1%
Persistent (10%+)10.2%
Severe (50%+)0.8%

Absence trend

4.3%
18/19
4.6%
20/21
4.9%
21/22
5.1%
22/23
5.0%
23/24
4.8%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about St Thomas More Catholic School

What are GCSE results like at St Thomas More Catholic School?

In the 2026 results, pupils at St Thomas More Catholic School achieved an Attainment 8 score of 52.9. 52% passed GCSE English and maths at grade 5 or above.

What is St Thomas More Catholic School's Ofsted rating?

St Thomas More Catholic School was rated Outstanding at its most recent Ofsted inspection in May 2024.

How close to St Thomas More Catholic School do you need to live?

Haringey published for September 2026 entry that the last place offered at St Thomas More Catholic School on distance went to a family 0.219 miles away. This is the authority's own figure for one year, not a fixed boundary - the cut-off moves with the number of applications, so treat it as a guide rather than a guarantee.

Is it hard to get a place at St Thomas More Catholic School?

St Thomas More Catholic School was not full in 2025: it ran at 91% of its 1394 places.

How big are the classes at St Thomas More Catholic School?

Classes at St Thomas More Catholic School average 20.7 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to St Thomas More Catholic School?

St Thomas More Catholic School has around 1296 pupils on roll. 31% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at St Thomas More Catholic School?

4.8% of sessions were missed at St Thomas More Catholic School in 2024/25. 10.2% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to St Thomas More Catholic School?

Apply through Haringey's coordinated admissions process, naming St Thomas More Catholic School on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.

How many road collisions happen near St Thomas More Catholic School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 117 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 22 serious and 95 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 on a bicycle. 15 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Haringey is 119 (the median across 97 schools, same distance and years).

Where is St Thomas More Catholic School?

St Thomas More Catholic School is at Glendale Avenue, Wood Green, London, N22 5HN.

Sources: Haringey admissions booklet; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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