St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton

St Thomas More Catholic School
Type	Voluntary aided school
Religion	Roman Catholic
Headteacher	Brendan Hickey
Location	Palace Fields Buxton Derbyshire SK17 6AF England Coordinates: 53°15′43″N 1°54′49″W / 53.2619°N 1.9136°W / 53.2619; -1.9136
Local authority	Derbyshire
DfE number	830/4601
DfE URN	112971 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	398 as of January 2015
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–16
Website	School homepage

St Thomas More Catholic School is a mixed Roman Catholic secondary school located in Buxton in the English county of Derbyshire.^[1]

It is a voluntary aided school administered by Derbyshire County Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham. The school is named after Saint Thomas More, a sixteenth century elder statesman who was martyred for his refusal to accept King Henry VIII's claim to be the supreme head of the church.

St Thomas More Catholic School educates pupils from all over High Peak, with some students travelling from Staffordshire and Cheshire to attend.^[2] The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

References

↑ "St. Thomas More Catholic School". St-thomasmore.derbyshire.sch.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
↑ "St. Thomas More Catholic School - Welcome". St-thomasmore.derbyshire.sch.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-03.

External links

St Thomas More Catholic School official website

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