St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Nov 16 2022 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
Kirklees
Unique reference
141470
Address
Oxford Road, WF13 4LL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
958 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
17.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.9%
Persistent absence
43.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 49.7%
Other White 20.1%
Other Asian 13.5%
Pakistani 6.7%
Other 3%
Mixed 2.8%
Indian 1.7%
African 1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Other Black 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 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
-0.79
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.8
Local authority average 46.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.02
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE43
Business Studies:SingleGCSE33
Design & TechnologyGCSE48
English LanguageGCSE182
English LiteratureGCSE180
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE35
GeographyGCSE43
HistoryGCSE120
ItalianGCSE1
MathematicsGCSE181
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
181
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
121
2nd preference
127
3rd preference
71
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
121
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
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 classes20
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
163
93
70
Year 8
192
105
87
Year 9
176
96
80
Year 10
184
91
93
Year 11
193
103
90
Year 12
11
5
6
Year 13
39
13
26
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
85.8%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
29.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
43.0%
16.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
11.0%
39.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
54.0%
65.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
22.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
19.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
5.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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