St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 21 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
Medway
Unique reference
118908
Address
City Way, ME1 2FA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1094 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
52.9%
Girls
47.1%
First language not English
22.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.3%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33.5%
African 27.1%
Other White 9.8%
Mixed 7.2%
Unclassified 4.2%
Indian 3.7%
Bangladeshi 3.3%
Caribbean 3%
Other 2.4%
Chinese 2%
Other Asian 1.4%
Other Black 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.54
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.6
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.93
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award24
TourismTechnical Award19
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE28
ChineseGCSE3
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE152
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
178
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
135
2nd preference
157
3rd preference
136
From another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
115
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
24
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
110
98
Year 8
180
99
81
Year 9
177
97
80
Year 10
178
99
79
Year 11
181
90
91
Year 12
101
46
55
Year 13
69
38
31
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
18.0%
27.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
64.0%
58.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
4.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
67.0%
57.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
12.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
2.0%
9.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020