[6] There was an extensive refurbishment project, completed in autumn 2001,[6] which provided the school with a new reception area, extra classrooms, a new art department and a music room with individual practice facilities.

[citation needed] Former deputy head teacher and Head of RE Chris Danes, an author of best selling textbooks and fiction who has bipolar disorder and is now a writer and broadcaster, had to resign from the School in 1997 on the grounds of ill health and at the young age of 36.

Danes maintains he retired from teaching after becoming dangerously ill in 1997, he believes largely because of the unsympathetic way he was treated at work.

[8] Following protests by residents, in June 2003 the Council denied the School permission to install six 13-metre-high floodlights on the hockey pitch.

[citation needed] St Thomas More became a specialist Mathematics and Computing College in September 2004,[10] and continues with the specialism today.

However, Ofsted remarks that ‘sixth form provision’ is rated at ‘requires improvement’ (point 3 on a four-point scale).

In commemoration of the school's golden jubilee in 2011 a new house, chosen by pupils, Saint Sebastian was added.

[18] In October 2014, a pupil competed in the ASA Word Swimming Championships [19] and their respective team placed third in England’s rankings.

[citation needed] Each year, the school holds an event called "Presentations" where sporting awards are given out.