St Thomas More RC High School (North Shields)

St Thomas More RC High School (North Shields)

Infobox UK school
name = St Thomas More RC High School


established = 1988
approx =
type = Voluntary aided
religion = Roman Catholic
president =
head_label = Headteacher
head = Mrs Diane Donkin
r_head_label =
r_head =
chair_label = Chairman of Governors
chair = Mr F C Stimpson
founder =
founder_pl =
specialist = Maths and Computing College
specialist_pl =
street = Lynn Road
city = North Shields
county = Tyne and Wear
country = England
postcode = NE29 8LF
LEA = North Tyneside
ofsted = 108648
staff =
enrollment = c.1700
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses =
colours = Maroon and Gold
color box|Maroon color box|Gold
publication =
website = http://www.stmschool.org.uk
website_name =

St Thomas More RC High School is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic secondary school and Sixth Form located on "Lynn Road" (B1316) in North Shields, North Tyneside. It is near the A1058 and the infamous "Billy Mill" roundabout in Billy Mill.

History

The [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/91556 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 headteachers since 1988, the former head teacher John Marshall retired in 2007, leaving Diane Donkin to become the new head from September 2007.

Academic performance

It gets 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.

ee also

* St Thomas More RC, similar named school in Blaydon

External links

* [http://www.stmschool.org.uk Official site]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=108648 School profile] at Ofsted
* [http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_07.pl?No=3924605&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Phase=1&Year=07&Base=b&Num=392 School profile] at DFES
* [http://www.globe-nwg.org.uk/UKUK9EXX/GLOBE01.htm Northumbrian Water's current weather conditions]
* [http://wikimapia.org/663937/St-Thomas-More-RC-High-Shcool Wikimapia]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=108648 EduBase]

News items

* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-489793/Top-class-England--Polish-boy-goes-home-better-education.html Polish school pupil disillusioned with school system in October 2007]


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