Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Oct 11 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
806 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
52.4%
Girls
47.6%
First language not English
16.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.4%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.5%
Other White 13%
Pakistani 8.8%
Mixed 4.3%
Other 1%
Other Asian 0.9%
Irish 0.4%
African 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.7
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.28
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award49
Art & DesignTechnical Award11
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award14
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE14
ChemistryGCSE13
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
English LanguageGCSE148
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
161
2nd preference
199
3rd preference
181
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
161
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
4
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 classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
72
88
Year 8
176
87
89
Year 9
157
86
71
Year 10
156
85
71
Year 11
157
92
65
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
73.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
7.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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