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St Thomas More Catholic School

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · Roman CatholicHaringey, London · London N22 5HNTrust: The Cardinal Hume Academies TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,296of 1,260 places
Free school meals
31.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
211
Ofsted
Outstanding, 14 May 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Thomas More Catholic School (URN 102161, until 1 March 2013).

What the data says

Of the 209 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Thomas More Catholic School in 2023, 68% stayed on in St Thomas More Catholic School’s own sixth form (Haringey average 43%), 15% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Among the 140 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 81% went to university (Haringey 55%, England 37%), and 17% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.1 against 46.1 across England and 48.5 in Haringey, with 54% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Haringey and England.

This school
Haringey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolHaringeyEngland
Pupils in the cohort2092,723607,348
Any sustained destination92%92%92%
Stayed in education92%91%86%
— school sixth form68%43%34%
— sixth form college9%16%13%
— further education college15%30%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination6%5%6%
Destination unknown2%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

This school
Haringey
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolHaringeyEngland
Students in the cohort1401,859541,441
Any sustained destination92%80%79%
University (higher education)81%55%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students17%29%19%
Further education2%5%5%
Apprenticeship1%2%7%
Employment8%15%28%
No sustained destination4%14%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolHaringeyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)54.148.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths54%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects88%49%41%
EBacc average point score4.924.384.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort36%37%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils50.040.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils56.553.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language25%41%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics212100%88%28%22%80%
English Language211100%89%28%20%83%
English Literature211100%86%31%21%83%
Religious Studies20999%31%40%32%78%
Combined Science18085%65%9%9%68%
Spanish11253%19%29%27%66%
Geography10952%41%21%25%63%
History10449%41%33%26%74%
French8842%18%14%29%48%
Business Studies8138%18%19%20%75%
Statistics5827%5%40%20%100%
Sociology4220%4%17%21%71%
Drama3115%7%39%27%81%
Chemistry3014%23%70%47%100%
Biology3014%23%73%45%100%
Physics3014%23%70%46%100%
Psychology2713%3%33%22%89%
Physical Education2512%11%24%24%100%
Computer Science2411%13%17%30%54%
Media Studies2311%4%43%20%100%
Fine Art2110%9%43%28%86%
Music209%5%15%33%70%
Design and Technology199%11%26%23%58%
Food Preparation and Nutrition199%8%5%21%53%
Polish157%1%93%84%100%
Russian42%0%87%
Portuguese42%0%50%
Modern Greek21%0%33%
Chinese10%1%75%
Turkish10%0%71%
Japanese10%0%53%
Italian10%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies3839%
Additional Mathematics FSMQ3031%
Multimedia2323%
Sports Studies2121%
Small Business Management1212%
Computer Appreciation / Introduction1212%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolHaringeyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study286
— of whom A level students981,331261,341
Average A level gradeC+B-B-
Average points per A level entry33.5038.2635.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsB-BB-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects11%23%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics2829%31%
Business Studies2424%13%
Economics1919%13%
Religious Studies1818%4%
English Literature1717%11%
Sociology1717%13%
Psychology1616%23%
Physics1414%12%
Biology1414%20%
Media Studies1111%4%
Drama1111%2%
Politics88%6%
Chemistry88%17%
Further Mathematics77%5%
Fine Art66%3%
Spanish2%
Computer Science5%
History13%
Geography10%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
MultimediaBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*3637%
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*3031%
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)2829%
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*2728%
Business StudiesGCE AS level (All)2526%
EconomicsGCE AS level (All)2222%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*2020%
Religious StudiesGCE AS level (All)1818%
SociologyGCE AS level (All)1818%
English LiteratureGCE AS level (All)1717%
PsychologyGCE AS level (All)1414%
BiologyGCE AS level (All)1313%
PhysicsGCE AS level (All)1313%
ChemistryGCE AS level (All)88%
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionOCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma at Level 388%
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (All)77%
HistoryGCE AS level (All)66%
Fine ArtGCE AS level (All)66%
GeographyGCE AS level (All)
EconomicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
HistoryGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
SociologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)
ChemistryGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Business StudiesGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Music Technology (Electronic)BTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*

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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.