There will be changes to our 861 & 891 bus services starting January 6th 2020. View the document below to get the details.

Some staff members and students of St Thomas More Catholic School participated in the recording of the Saint Mary’s Choir Christmas CD, which is now available for purchase. The compilation of Christmas Music also features guest appearances by children from Saint Mary’s First School and Saint Joseph’s Middle School, with other local musicians.   

Further to the recording of the CD, a competition was also organised to design artwork to use in the CD Booklet and advertising posters. Two of our very own pupils achieved first and second place in the competition in their age group. 

The CD is available at a price of £10 per copy. If you wish to purchase a CD please complete the pro-forma linked here and return it to St Mary’s Catholic Church, Hexham.

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Consultation on Admission Arrangements for St Thomas More School, 2021 Entry

Consultation Letter.

Please see above letter detailing our proposed amendment to the Admissions Policy for 2021 entry. Where changes to admission arrangements are intended, all schools are required to consult before these are determined and published.

The policy for 2021 entry is available here.

The consultation will run from 15^th October 2019 – 26^th November 2019.

A consultation response form is available by request from the school.

The governing body will consider all comments received before they determine the arrangements for 2021 entry.

On Saturday 9th November 40 Year 5 students, from our feeder primary schools, attended a Languages Day here at St Thomas More Catholic School. Students arrived to a continental breakfast served in our Sixth Form Centre. They then enjoyed one session with our Head of German, Mrs Mackie, (which included a game of lotto!), and one session in the kitchen with our Modern Foreign Languages teacher Mr Young. The students got to enjoy a variety of French and German foods including freshly made crepes, pate, cheese, and even snails!

Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom honours the heroic efforts, achievements and sacrifices that were made in past wars.

As part of our remembrance activities within St Thomas More School, each student was able to attend a Remembrance Assembly with their Pastoral House. Every pastoral class also received a red ribbon on which they could record names of loved ones they wished to remember.

We have also created a remembrance display within the school grounds, with the help of our Year 8 Art Club and some Year 7 Pastoral groups. This display is a sign of our collective faith as a school community.

On Wednesday the 30th of October we will be having a mission family night. We want to celebrate our school mission with family and parishioners and share some of the things that are going on in school that week. Students will be preparing dance, drama, music and other things to showcase that evening. It will be from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm in the Main Hall. Parking will be available down on the yard. If you have any questions please contact our Chaplain, Cody.

There will be taster sessions for LAMDA on the below dates:

Wednesday 6th November for Year 7 – 11.50 – 12.20
Wednesday 6th November for Year 8&9 12.20 – 12.50

Thursday 7th November for Year 10-13
Slot 1 – 11.50 – 12.20
Slot 2 – 12.20 – 12.50

LAMDA is an extracurricular speech and drama class designed to enhance your performance skills and communication skills, with the opportunity to take certified exams up to Grade 8.

See Mrs Olsen to sign up.