St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy

Palace Fields, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK17 6AF

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About this school

St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in High Peak, Derbyshire. The school has 419 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 3 June 2025. The Headteacher is David Redfern. The school is administered by Derbyshire local authority. It belongs to ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has a Roman Catholic religious character. It opened in 1 September 2018.

School details

Headteacher

David Redfern

Trust

ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Local authority

Derbyshire

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

URN

146128

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Derbyshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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