St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–16MixedRoman Catholic

Palace Fields, Buxton, SK17 6AF

Headteacher · Mr David Redfern

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 2 July 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils407Capacity 450

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 3 June 2025

TrustSt Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust

Free school meals33.4%

Inspection on 3 June 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Derbyshire council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 86 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered87

Applications176

First choice86

First-choice offers86

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).