St Thomas More Catholic Academy

52°59′16″N 2°08′52″W / 52.9879°N 2.14783°W / 52.9879; -2.14783InformationTypeAcademyMottoAspire to be MoreReligious affiliation(s)Roman CatholicEstablished1980 (1980)Local authorityStoke-on-TrentDepartment for Education URN140304 TablesOfstedReportsHeadteacherMark RaynerGenderMixedAge11 to 18Enrolment1,141 as of October 2022^[update] Of which 120 on roll in the sixth formHouses7 each representing a different SaintWebsitewww.stmca.org.uk

St Thomas More Catholic Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Longton area of Stoke-on-Trent in the English county of Staffordshire.^[1] The school is named after Saint Thomas More, a sixteenth century elder statesman who was martyred for his refusal to accept King Henry VIII's claim to be the supreme head of the church.

First established in 1980 as a voluntary aided upper school for pupils aged 12 to 18, in 1983 St Thomas More became a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18. The school gained a specialism in Maths and Computing in 2004 and became a Training school in 2009. In 2013 the school relocated to a new building and converted to academy status, sponsored by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham.^[2]

St Thomas More Catholic Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. The sixth form provision is offered as the Trinity Sixth Form, a collaboration between St Thomas More Catholic Academy, St John Fisher Catholic College, and St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy.^[3]

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External links

• St Thomas More Catholic Academy official website