St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 9 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
County Durham
Unique reference
137702
Address
Woodhouse Lane, DL14 6JT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1308 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
44.3%
Girls
55.7%
First language not English
5.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.7%
Persistent absence
31.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.8%
Other White 4.1%
Mixed 2.2%
African 1.2%
Other 0.8%
Chinese 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Other Asian 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.7
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.17
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
BiologyGCSE19
Business Studies:SingleGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE15
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE210
English LiteratureGCSE201
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
191
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
189
2nd preference
122
3rd preference
64
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
189
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
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 classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
235
100
135
Year 8
230
113
117
Year 9
233
109
124
Year 10
214
85
129
Year 11
216
95
121
Year 12
91
40
51
Year 13
89
38
51
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
81.3%
86.5%
Further education
22.0%
42.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
58.0%
34.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
8.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
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
62.0%
53.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
20.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
4.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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