Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Oct 10 2023 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
Lancashire
Unique reference
119785
Address
Gibfield Road, BB8 8JT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
821 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
17.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.8%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 67.2%
Other White 13.8%
Pakistani 9.5%
Mixed 4.4%
Other Asian 1.6%
Unclassified 1.1%
African 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 44.1
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.61
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award5
Sports StudiesTechnical Award53
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE10
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE159
English LiteratureGCSE158
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
162
2nd preference
194
3rd preference
176
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
162
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
170
85
85
Year 8
158
76
82
Year 9
172
89
83
Year 10
159
88
71
Year 11
162
88
74
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
77.0%
48.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
3.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
20.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
7.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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