Norham High School
State · Year 7–Year 11 · 498 pupils
St Thomas More Catholic High School
Lynn Road, North Shields NE29 8LF
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
1,660
On roll
Ages
11–18
Capacity 1,650
Local authority
North Tyneside
Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust
Schola Grade 6
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About St Thomas More Catholic High School
St Thomas More Catholic High School is a secondary academy in North Shields, North Tyneside, for pupils aged 11–18 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust.
It has 1,660 pupils on roll and room for 1,650. It has a sixth form. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Its Schola Grade is 6 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 13
- Ages
- 11–18
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,660
- Capacity
- 1,650 pupils
- Free school meals
- 28.40% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 137734
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