St Thomas More Roman Catholic Academy, North Shields

St Thomas More RC Academy is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form located on Lynn Road (B1316) in North Shields, North Tyneside, England.

St Thomas More Catholic High School
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Lynn Road

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NE29 8LF

Information
TypeAcademy
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1988
Local authorityNorth Tyneside
Department for Education URN137734 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsMichael Ronan
HeadteacherDavid Watson
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolmentc.1700
Colour(s)Maroon and Gold
   
Websitehttp://www.stmschool.org.uk

History

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The school, which was known as St Anselm's before 1988, is a specialist maths and computing school and has been a DFES Training School since September 2000.

The school has seen only three head teachers since 1988, the former head teacher John Marshall retired in 2007, leaving Diane Donkin to become the new head from September 2007. Under her premiership, the school's name changed from St Thomas More High School to St Thomas More Academy in 2012. The school's name was then changed to St Thomas More RC High School in 2021.

In 2016, David Watson became the headteacher.

Notable alumni

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Academic performance

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It achieves results similar to a grammar school, with very high GCSE results and good A level results - the best for both in North Tyneside LEA, and in the top twenty schools in the North East at A level and for GCSE it is in the top five. According to its most recent report, Ofsted has deemed the school as “Outstanding”.[citation needed]

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