St Thomas More Roman Catholic Academy, North Shields

For other schools named after Thomas More, see St. Thomas More School (disambiguation).

St Thomas More Catholic High School
Address
Lynn Road North Shields , Tyne and Wear , NE29 8LF England
Information
Type	Academy
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1988
Local authority	North Tyneside
Department for Education URN	137734 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governors	Michael Ronan
Headteacher	David Watson [1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11to 18
Enrolment	c.1700
Colour(s)	Maroon and Gold
Website	http://www.stmschool.org.uk

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.

History

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

• Adam Campbell professional footballer
• Ross Murray.^{[ citation needed ]}, Olympic 400m runner
• Brad Inman professional footballer.

Academic performance

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 a report from 2023, Ofsted has deemed the school as “Good". ^[2]

References

1. "St Thomas More Catholic High School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
2. "St Thomas More Catholic High School URN: 137734". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

External links

• Official site
• School profile at Ofsted
• School profile at DFES
• Wikimapia

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