residents, in June 2003 the Council denied the School permission to install six 13-metre-high floodlights on the hockey pitch. These were subsequently installed in 2007. St Thomas More became a specialist Mathematics and Computing College in September 2004, and continues with the specialism today. Ex-headmaster Frank Keenan was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2005. The school celebrated its 50th Anniversary Jubilee in July 2011 and became an academy on 17 August 2011. In 2013, it was announced that ex-headteacher Mr P Travis had decided to work elsewhere; then deputy headteacher Mrs Gemma Ackred (née Nye) was appointed as Acting Headteacher and later proceeded to become the Headteacher in late 2013 after wide support from the students and staff. After which, Mr Phillip Maxfield became the deputy headteacher of the school. Academic achievements Pupils enter the school aged 11 with above average standards and their attainment both at age 14 and 16 is above the national average. In the November 2005 Ofsted inspection the school was rated 'Good’ (point 2 on a four-point scale) and an 'Outstanding' rating was given for 16- to 19-year-olds in the 'How good is the overall personal development and well-being of the learners?' category. The school regularly competes in the annual UKMT Regional Maths Challenge. In July 2013, the school was rated ‘Requires improvement’ (point 3 on a four-point scale). In February 2015, the school was rated ‘Good’ (point 2 on a four-point scale). However, Ofsted remarks that ‘sixth form provision’ is rated at ‘requires improvement’ (point 3 on a four-point scale). Miss Elsa Genovese, head of the sixth form at the school, has made changes to the management of the sixth form to reflect on this rating. House system The school house system traditionally consisted of 4 houses representing the four patron saints of the United Kingdom; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint Patrick. In commemoration of the school's golden jubilee in 2011 a new house, chosen by pupils, Saint Sebastian was added. Furthermore, this house system now denotes the names of forms students are placed in. Originally, forms were numbered from 1–5. After the introduction of Saint Sebastian house form names were changed and assigned a Patron Saint, e.g. 7S would refer to Year 7. In 2018, a new house was created which was temporarily known as "Six" before being named Saint Vincent. Each house has a house colour with