Secondary
St Thomas More High School
Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1243 of 1050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ASSISI CATHOLIC TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brentwood
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 90.9
- Pupils per adult
- 13.5
- Pupils
- 1,231
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
64%
6 points below the Westcliff-on-Sea average (70% across 5 schools)
52.3
7.6 below the Westcliff-on-Sea average (59.9 across 5 schools)
3rd of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Westcliff-on-Sea we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.28 |
| Entered the EBacc | 13% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 64% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.91 |
| A level students | 139 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 58% |
| 22/23 | 65% |
| 23/24 | 57% |
| 24/25 | 64% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.2 |
| 22/23 | 31.5 |
| 23/24 | 30.3 |
| 24/25 | 31.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.18 |
| 22/23 | +0.35 |
| 23/24 | +0.32 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53.5 |
| 22/23 | 54.4 |
| 23/24 | 49.8 |
| 24/25 | 52.3 |
Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Southend-on-Sea admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- G Ackred
- Address
- Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BW
- Telephone
- 01702344933