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1.71miles
was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2025-26 (Year 7). That is how far the last place reached in ONE year — not a boundary, and not a guarantee. It moves with the number of applicants, so treat it as a guide rather than a line on a map.
Last distance offered at St Thomas More Catholic Academy, year by year →
When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.
If two applications tie: If there is oversubscription within a category, priority will be given firstly to children who will have a brother or sister attending St Thomas More Catholic Academy at the time of admission and then secondly to children living closest to the school determined by the shortest distance. Where distances are exactly equal, the Local Authority will randomly select the child to be offered the final place.
Children with an EHC Plan naming the academy MUST be admitted; this reduces places available to other applicants and is not an oversubscription criterion (Note 1). Twins/multiple births admitted where possible even if PAN exceeded. CATCHMENT: For the purposes of this policy, parish boundaries are as shown on the Archdiocese of Birmingham parish boundary map which can be accessed at https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/boundary-map and will be applied to the admission arrangements for the academic year 2027/2028. Transcribed from the school's own determined admission arrangements as published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Children with an EHCP naming the school are admitted first; that is a statutory duty, not an oversubscription criterion.
Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.
Same phase, ranked by distance and how closely they match.
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secondary · 3.5 km away
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secondary · Requires Improvement · 6.7 km away
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
secondary · Good · 1.9 km away
Painsley Catholic College
secondary · Good · 10.5 km away
Haywood Academy
secondary · Good · 8.0 km away
Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams
secondary · 3.0 km away
Children attending these settings are given priority in this school's admissions.
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School
Primary
Our Lady's Catholic Academy
Primary
St Maria Goretti Catholic Academy
Primary
St Augustine's Catholic Academy
Primary
St Gregory's Catholic Academy
Primary
St Teresa's Catholic (A) Primary School
Primary
Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic Academy
Primary
Links are derived from Ofsted registration addresses and published admission arrangements. Always confirm current arrangements with the school.
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