St Thomas More Roman Catholic Academy, North Shields

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St Thomas More Catholic High School
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St Thomas More Roman Catholic Academy, North Shields
Lynn Road

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NE29 8LF

Information
Type Academy
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1988
Local authority North Tyneside
Department for Education URN 137734 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsMichael Ronan
HeadteacherDavid Watson
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolmentc.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.

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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

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 its most recent report, Ofsted has deemed the school as “Outstanding”.[ citation needed ]

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