ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC TEACHING SCHOOL

The RE Department

• Rated ‘outstanding’ by OFSTED and Section 48 (RE) OFSTED.

• A team of friendly and supportive staff who will help you achieve your goals.

• 115 sixth form students studying RE A level, this is more than any other department within the school.

• Excellent results both at GCSE and A level

A Level success

The Department received a judgement of very good for results at A level for AS and A2.

Despite our large numbers studying A level there is a close supportive relationship between teachers and students.

All students study RE at St Thomas More.The year 9 course reflects on our personal faith journeys, faith in action, work of charities, other world faiths and human rights issues.

For GCSE all students complete two modules exploring contemporary issues in society from a Christian perspective. However due to our rich culturally diverse community, lessons will always include a reflection of individual views and the views of all world religions.

Year 9 and

GCSE

BUSINESS STUDIES• The business department achieved 84.4% * to C grades at

GCSE

• A group of Year 12 pupils competed in the Cranfield business challenge and came 3rd out of 19 groups beating all the other teams from Bedford schools.

• The Young Enterprise Company sold their goods at both the Bedford and the Milton Keynes fayres.

BUSINESS STUDIES

Physical Education

GCSE PE100% PASS

(73% A* - C GRADE)

A-LEVEL 100% PASS

(A - E GRADE)

Our extra curricular activities are available to ALL students

Why not try…Athletics, BadmintonCricket and Dance

Football, Girls Fitness Club, Hockey

and Netball

Basketball, Rounders

Trampoliningand Rugby

Outdoor and Adventurous Activities, Rowing and Table Tennis

SOCIOLOGY Studied at GCSE and A

Level

Sociology Modules studied:

Families and HouseholdsEducationBeliefs in SocietyWork and EmploymentCrime and DevianceYouthResearch Methods

Small class sizes

One to one tuition

Educational trips

Outstanding results

SOCIOLOGY2011 Exam Success

GCSE71% Pass rate

64% of students

achieved an A*, A or B

A Level100% A – C pass rate

86% of students achieved an A*, A or B grade in

the subject.

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MUSIC AT ST. THOMAS MORE . . .

. . . in the classroom

. . . concerts

. . . in the community

. . . in the classroom

ART

OUTSTANDING

GCSE ART & DESIGN RESULTS:

100% A*- C

OUTSTANDING

GCSE ART & DESIGN RESULTS:

66% A*- A

OUTSTANDING

GCSE GRAPHICS RESULTS:

88% A*- C(Predicted: 56%)

OUTSTANDING

GCSE GRAPHICS RESULTS:

56% A*- B(Predicted: 12%)

OUTSTANDING

A2 FINE ART RESULTS:

100% A*- B80% A* - A

OUTSTANDING

A2 FINE ART & GRAPHICS RESULTS:

100% A*- C89% A* - B

Our talented Year 10 artists:

Tonal self portraits

Modern LanguagesLanguages are taught

in an interactive way which encourages and improves communication, co-operation and understanding.

A Modern Foreign Language is an integral part of the E-Bacc qualification and is highly valued by many top Universities.

ItalianResults at GCSE

2009 – 94% A*-C2010 – 79% A*-C2011- 96% A*-C

We have won the Good Schools’ Guide Awards for

the last three years for the best Italian GCSE results in

the country.Results at A-Level

100% Pass Rate

FrenchResults at GCSE

2009 – 82% A*-C

2010 – 92% A*-C

2011- 100% A*-C

A-Level

100% Pass Rate

Travel broadens the mind!

MATHEMATICS

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In 2011100% of students achieved a pass in GCSE Mathematics

with 55% of students achieving A*-C

UK Maths Challenge

Maths Enrichment Days

RESULTS IN EALHOME

LANGUAGEGCSE 2011 A*-C

EAL

CHINESE - 100%POLISH - 100%DUTCH - 100%GERMAN - 100%PORTUGUESE – 100%

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EAL DEPARTMENT PLEASE GO TO THE SCHOOL WEBSITE – IN CURRICULUM

History

Demonstrating medieval surgery

Year 9 African Reportage

Year 10s visit The Old Operating Theatre

War ensign of Germany 1935

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This was produced by the STM Media and Film department by our students – you may have seen the finished booklet in your lower schools!

This is kind of work we do

at the STM Media and film

department – here we see

a finished film poster for

A-level – made using

completely original

photography

Students get ready to use the green screen in STM’s Media and Film department