The John Fisher School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sutton
Unique reference
103009
Address
Peaks Hill, CR8 3YP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1154 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
22.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.9%
Persistent absence
18.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 34.1%
African 18.1%
Mixed 12.3%
Other White 10.3%
Other Asian 7.3%
Indian 6.2%
Other Black 3.2%
Chinese 2.3%
Irish 2.1%
Caribbean 2%
Unclassified 0.9%
Pakistani 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.03
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.51
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 69%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.1
Local authority average 59.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.5
Local authority average 5.42
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award29
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award31
MultimediaTechnical Award7
Ancient HistoryGCSE19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE44
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE83
ChemistryGCSE59
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE50
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The John Fisher School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
151
2nd preference
109
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
264
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
135
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
92
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
179
0
Year 8
181
181
0
Year 9
193
193
0
Year 10
191
191
0
Year 11
187
187
0
Year 12
111
111
0
Year 13
112
112
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
93.1%
85.6%
Further education
19.0%
20.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
70.0%
69.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
6.0%
3.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
2.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
85.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
31.0%
48.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021