St. Thomas More Language College

Academy converter·Secondary school London, Kensington and Chelsea·SW3 2QS
Composite score
57.4
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#1,557
National rank
#331
In London
#6
In Kensington and Chelsea
Top 49%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
47%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
65%
% EBacc grade 5+
6%
EBacc average points score
3.88

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
49 first choices, 143 places
First choices per place
0.34
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
285
any preference, for 143 places
Applications from another council area
72%

Every child who put St. Thomas More Language College first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
541
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
42.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
48.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,046
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
89%
122 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
89%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

St. Thomas More Language College at a glance

Located in London, Kensington and Chelsea, St. Thomas More Language College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 541 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 45.9, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 1.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

47% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 65% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. St. Thomas More Language College was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 49 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. There are about 14.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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