St John Fisher Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 11 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wigan
Unique reference
106535
Address
Baytree Road, Springfield, WN6 7RN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1010 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
13.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.7%
Persistent absence
27.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.6%
Other White 7.2%
African 3.2%
Mixed 1.8%
Other 1.8%
Indian 1.7%
Other Black 0.9%
Chinese 0.6%
Other Asian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.71
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.39
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 9%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.1
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.39
Local authority average 3.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE61
AstronomyGCSE3
BiologyGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE52
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE33
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE191
English LiteratureGCSE193
FrenchGCSE19
GeographyGCSE87
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St John Fisher Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
198
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
216
2nd preference
108
3rd preference
88
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
194
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
205
94
111
Year 8
206
95
111
Year 9
203
113
90
Year 10
194
95
99
Year 11
202
119
83
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
82.8%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
40.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
6.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
39.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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