Thomas More Catholic School

What Thomas More Catholic School does

Thomas More Catholic School is a state-funded Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form located on Russell Hill Road in Purley, Surrey, within the London commuter belt. Operating as an Academy Trust, it delivers education across seven year groups (Years 7-13, Key Stages 3, 4, and 5), serving students from the Croydon area and surrounding community. The school offers a curriculum of 18 subjects covering core GCSE disciplines (English, Mathematics, Science, Religious Education) alongside Creative Arts, Technology, Humanities, Modern Foreign Languages (French, Spanish), and vocational subjects, with progression to A-Levels in the sixth form. The current headteacher is Mrs M. Dako.

The school's operational technology is built on a mainstream education stack: Microsoft Office 365 and Teams for remote learning (with 30-minute recorded virtual lessons), SIMS InTouch for secure student/parent communication, School Cloud for parent evenings, CPOMS for safeguarding monitoring, ParentPay for payments, and Pearson's ActiveLearn plus MathsWatch VLE for subject delivery. The institution maintains International School Status, dedicated Safer Schools Police Officers (Metropolitan Police), and external wellbeing partnerships with Off the Record and Croydon Early Help Offer. The school also operates a facility lettings programme (swimming pool, sports hall, classrooms) available seven days a week, which represents its primary non-government revenue stream.

The business model is characteristic of an English state-funded Academy Trust. Tuition is free at the point of delivery; the dominant revenue stream is per-pupil government funding. Admissions are coordinated through the local authority with a 31 October application deadline and 2 March national offers day. Year 7 recruitment is event-driven, supported by an open evening (18 September 2025 for the 2026 cohort), open mornings, and a website-led digital presence supplemented by Instagram (@tmcspurley), Facebook, and X. Secondary revenue is generated through community lettings via the SchoolHire platform. As a charitable trust governed by a Board of Governors and accountable to the Department for Education, the school operates on a non-profit basis with no venture capital, private equity, or parent company ownership indicated.

Name

Thomas More Catholic School

Legal name

Thomas More Catholic School

Website

https://tmore.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Thomas More Catholic School is a state-funded Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form in Purley, Surrey, serving students in Years 7-13 (ages 11-18) from the Croydon area. It delivers an 18-subject curriculum including GCSEs and A-Levels, funded primarily by per-pupil government grants with supplementary community facility lettings.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Purley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: State-funded secondary school receiving per-pupil government funding for educational provision.
2. Facility Lettings: School facilities available to hire including Swimming Pool, Sports Hall, and Classrooms. Bookings accepted via online platform at tmore.schoolhire.co.uk. Minimum block booking of 6 sessions required. Open 7 days a week including school holidays.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Thomas More Catholic School is a state-funded Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form located in Purley, Surrey, providing secondary education for students aged 11-18 (Years 7-13). It delivers an 18-subject curriculum spanning Key Stage 3, GCSE, and A-Level qualifications, complemented by extracurricular enrichment, safeguarding services, and remote learning via Microsoft Teams. The school also generates supplementary income through community lettings of its swimming pool, sports hall, and classrooms.

Product overview

Thomas More Catholic School is a secondary school in Purley, Surrey offering a comprehensive educational programme from Year 7 through Sixth Form. The school provides a curriculum of 18 subjects including core GCSE subjects (English, Maths, Science, RE) alongside Creative Arts (Art, Drama, Music), Technology (Food Technology), Humanities (Geography, History), Languages (French, Spanish), and vocational subjects (Health & Social Care, IT, PE, Law, Sociology). The school offers GCSE and A-Level programmes, with remote learning capabilities via Microsoft Teams, and communicates with students/parents through SIMS InTouch. Additional services include a lettings programme for community use of facilities (Swimming Pool, Sports Hall, Classrooms), comprehensive safeguarding services, and extra-curricular enrichment activities.

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Products and services

• 18-Subject Main School Curriculum Comprehensive school curriculum delivered across 18 subjects: Art, Computer Science & IT, Drama, EAL, English Language and Literature, Food Technology and Hospitality, Geography, Health & Social Care, History, Law, Maths, Modern Foreign Languages (French and Spanish), Music, Physical Education, Religious Education, Science, and Sociology. Designed for students in Years 7-13.
• GCSE Examination Boards Curriculum GCSE curriculum delivered across multiple examination boards including AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel, WJEC, and Eduqas, covering subjects such as Art, Computer Science, Drama, English, French, Geography, History, Hospitality, IT, Maths, Media Studies, Music, PE, RE, Science, Sociology, and Spanish.
• Remote Learning via Microsoft Teams Virtual lessons delivered through Microsoft Teams for enrolled students. Lessons are 30 minutes long, recorded for safeguarding purposes, and learning resources are distributed via SIMS InTouch. Students access via school credentials.
• SIMS InTouch Communication and Student Information Service Student information management system providing secure communication with students and parents. Available via web portal and mobile apps (iOS and Android), offering access to attendance, timetables, homework, progress reports, and school communications.
• Extra-Curricular Activities Programme Enrichment programme including sports clubs (with published timetable), music programmes with instrumental lessons, concerts, and various clubs, available to enrolled students.
• School Lettings and Facilities Hire School facilities available for community hire including the Swimming Pool, Sports Hall, and Classrooms. Open 7 days a week including school holidays, with online booking available via the SchoolHire platform and a minimum block booking of 6 sessions.
• Safeguarding Services Comprehensive safeguarding provision including dedicated Safer Schools Police Officers (PC Kingsnorth and PC Connolly), external support agencies, mental health resources, and E-Safety guidance for students and families.
• Examination Support Services Exam information, revision resources, timetables, and wellbeing support for students sitting GCSE and other examinations.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration15 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Microsoft (Office 365 / Teams)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe school uses Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Teams for remote learning, student/teacher communication, and virtual lessons. Students log in via [email protected] and access Teams for scheduled lessons.
• SIMS InTouchcoreTechnology or IntegrationElectronic communication system enabling the school to securely communicate directly with pupils and parents. Available via web portal and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Provides attendance, timetables, homework, progress tracking, and school communications.
• School CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationPlatform used for conducting parent evenings, enabling virtual meetings between teachers and parents/carers.
• CPOMScoreTechnology or IntegrationSafeguarding monitoring system used by the school to track and manage safeguarding concerns for students.
• ParentPaysupportingTechnology or IntegrationOnline payment system enabling parents to pay for school meals, trips, and other school-related expenses.
• MathsWatch VLEsupportingTechnology or IntegrationVirtual Learning Environment for mathematics, providing video lessons and practice materials for students.
• ActiveLearn (Pearson)supportingTechnology or IntegrationOnline language learning platform used for French and Spanish, featuring digital textbooks Dynamo (French) and Viva (Spanish) with homework assignments accessible in school and at home.
• Metropolitan Police (Safer Schools Police Officers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPC Kingsnorth and PC Connolly serve as Safer Schools Police Officers, providing sustained, familiar and visible presence to increase positive engagement with young people, minimise risk of Serious Youth Violence, reduce young victims of crime through preventative education, and support the safeguarding team.
• Off the Record (OTR)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerYoung people's charity supporting young people aged 11-25 in South London, providing mental health and wellbeing support services.
• Croydon Early Help OffersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily Solution Service providing information for children and their parents/carers and families, helping identify areas they would like to improve and providing support.
• Google AnalyticssupportingTechnology or IntegrationWeb analytics service used to collect information about visitor behaviour, including number of visitors to various parts of the website, pages visited, duration of visits, and traffic sources.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Salesian School: Catholic voluntary-aided secondary school in Chertsey, Surrey. Comparable Catholic ethos, sixth form offering, and curriculum breadth for Surrey-based Catholic families within driving distance of Purley.
• St Mary's Catholic High School: Catholic secondary school in Croydon borough (Croydon/Upper Norwood area) with similar faith-based admissions and GCSE/A-Level provision. Competes with Thomas More for Croydon Catholic families within the same local authority.
• John Fisher School: Catholic voluntary-aided boys' secondary school located in Purley, Surrey — same town as Thomas More, directly competing for the same Catholic secondary intake in the Croydon deanery. Highly comparable on faith ethos, admissions pathway, and curriculum structure.
• Trinity Catholic School: Catholic secondary school in Croydon offering similar GCSE and Sixth Form provision. Competes within the same Croydon local authority coordinated admissions scheme.
• St Aidan's Catholic School: Catholic secondary school in Coulsdon, immediately adjacent to Purley. Direct catchment overlap with Thomas More within the same Catholic deanery and similar Academy Trust-style governance.

Broad incumbents

• Whitgift School: Large independent boys' day school in Croydon (Haling Park). Not faith-based but draws from the same affluent Croydon/Purley family pool and competes for academically selective pupils seeking a structured secondary experience.
• Old Palace of John Whitgift School: Independent girls' day school in Croydon. Comparable on curriculum breadth and Croydon location, competing for the same fee-paying or selective families in the area.
• Harris Academy Purley: Part of the Harris Federation multi-academy trust with a Purley presence; broader portfolio operator competing in the same Croydon secondary market with greater centralised back-office capacity.

Regional players

• Riddlesdown Collegiate: State secondary school in Purley/Croydon serving the same geographic catchment. Direct competitor for non-Catholic applicants and benchmark for academic outcomes in the local area.
• Woodcote High School: Non-faith state secondary school in Coulsdon, immediately adjacent to Purley. Competes for the same non-Catholic secondary applicants in the local authority admissions scheme.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.tmore.org.uk
• Instagraminstagram.com/tmcspurley
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thomas-more-catholic-school-purley

Compliance2 records

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Profiles1 record

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Investors

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