Secondary
St Thomas More Catholic High School
Lynn Road, North Shields, NE29 8LF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1660 of 1650 places
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
46%
49.6
2nd of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in North Shields we can score - 5 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 | 49.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.38 |
| Entered the EBacc | 47% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| A level average points per entry | 35.21 |
| A level students | 113 |
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 | 52% |
| 23/24 | 44% |
| 24/25 | 46% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.4 |
| 22/23 | 36.4 |
| 23/24 | 33.3 |
| 24/25 | 35.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.11 |
| 22/23 | +0.06 |
| 23/24 | +0.21 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.1 |
| 22/23 | 50.1 |
| 23/24 | 49.2 |
| 24/25 | 49.6 |
Lynn Road, North Shields, NE29 8LF
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.
North Tyneside 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
- David Watson
- Address
- Lynn Road, North Shields, NE29 8LF
- Telephone
- 01912588340