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

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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award27
Music Studies (General)Technical Award14
Sports StudiesTechnical Award27
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award9
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award37
Health StudiesTechnical Award36
MultimediaTechnical Award14
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award61
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE21
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St John's Catholic Comprehensive

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
186
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
251
2nd preference
247
3rd preference
188
From another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
12
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 classes19.5
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
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
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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020