St John's Catholic Comprehensive
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good May 15 2018 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
- Kent
- Unique reference
- 118933
- Address
- Rochester Road, DA12 2JW
- Website
- http://www.stjohnscs.com
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1319 (94% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.0%
- Girls
- 50.0%
- First language not English
- 35.4%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 23%
- Persistent absence
- 22.6%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 10.8%
White British 36.9%
Other White 15.7%
Mixed 15.3%
Indian 11.3%
African 10.6%
Other Black 2.1%
Other Asian 2%
Caribbean 1.4%
Other 1.3%
Pakistani 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Irish 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.33
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.12
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 4%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 32%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 44
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.48
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Childcare Skills | Technical Award | 27 |
Music Studies (General) | Technical Award | 14 |
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 27 |
Dance: General | Technical Award | 9 |
Engineering Studies | Technical Award | 37 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 36 |
Multimedia | Technical Award | 14 |
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 61 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 11 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 21 |
Admissions
St John's Catholic Comprehensive
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 186
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 251
- 2nd preference
- 247
- 3rd preference
- 188
- From another Local Authority
- 18
Offers
- 1st preference
- 156
- 2nd preference
- 24
- 3rd preference
- 3
- To another Local Authority
- 12
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 19.5 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 207 98 109 |
Year 8 | 196 110 86 |
Year 9 | 196 100 96 |
Year 10 | 195 88 107 |
Year 11 | 196 103 93 |
Year 12 | 172 84 88 |
Year 13 | 157 77 80 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 90.0% 87.7% 86.5% |
Further education | 13.0% 25.6% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 76.0% 60.6% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 1.0% 0.4% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 1.1% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 4.0% 4.0% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 2.7% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 4.0% 4.8% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.8% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 71.0% 61.7% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 1.0% 19.5% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 1.0% 16.6% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 0.0% 1.3% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 3.0% 2.0% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 1.0% 1.4% 1.7% |