Established 1988 Religion Roman Catholic Chair of Governors Michael Ronan Founded 1988 Colors Maroon, Gold | Type Voluntary aided Headteacher David Watson Phone +44 191 258 8340 Number of students 1,700 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Location Lynn Road
North Shields
Tyne and Wear
NE29 8LF
England Address Lynn Rd, North Shields NE29 8LF, UK Similar Monkseat High School, Marden High School, John Spence Communi, Benfield School, Newcastle Sixth Form College | ||
St Thomas More RC Academy is a voluntary aided 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 two head teachers since 1988, the former head teacher John Marshall retired in 2007, leaving Diane Donkin to become the new head from September 2007. In 2012, the school's name changed from St Thomas More High School to St Thomas More Academy
Alumni include Newcastle United striker Adam Campbell and Olympic 400m runner Ross Murray.
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. From the most recent ofsted report. ofsted said it was "Outstanding" (For the past 18 years).