St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy is a secondary school located in Buxton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 17/05/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Palace Fields, Buxton

School Information

Address: Palace Fields, Buxton, SK17 6AF
Website: http://www.st-thomasmore.derbyshire.sch.uk/
Telephone: 0129823167
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Derbyshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr David Redfern
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 146128

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/05/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 450
Number of Pupils: 450
Number of Boys: 234
Number of Girls: 216

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.36 Confidence interval 0.07 to 0.65
Of the 77 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 74 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:27%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:47%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:50.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.2
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Lightwood Road , SK17 7AN 		2out of 4 149 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Buxton Infant School
Hardwick Square , SK17 6QB 		4out of 4 704 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Fairfield Infant and Nursery School
Fairfield Infant & Nursery School , Bench Road SK17 7PQ 		3out of 4 1,091 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Fairfield Endowed CofE (C) Junior School
Boarstone Lane , Fairfield SK17 7NA 		3out of 4 1,380 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Buxton Junior School
Buxton Junior School , Mosley Road SK17 9DR 		3out of 4 1,424 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Palace Fields , SK17 6AF 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Buxton Community School
College Road , SK17 9EA 		3out of 4 1,544 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Buxton and Leek College
Devonshire Road , SK17 6RY 		- not rated 360 yd Miscellaneous Not Applicable More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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