St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
No rating
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
Surrey
Unique reference
143369
Address
Elmbridge Lane, Kingfield, GU22 9AL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1531 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
24.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
4.5%
Persistent absence
18.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 54.8%
Other White 15.8%
Mixed 10.8%
Indian 4.5%
African 3.7%
Other Asian 3.3%
Other 2.2%
Irish 1.6%
Pakistani 1.3%
Chinese 0.9%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Black 0.3%
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
0.87
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 84%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 74%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.9
Local authority average 50.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.54
Local authority average 4.49
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award30
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE59
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE97
ChemistryGCSE57
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Design & TechnologyGCSE46
DanceGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
228
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
292
2nd preference
166
3rd preference
91
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
223
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
246
124
122
Year 8
243
139
104
Year 9
241
108
133
Year 10
241
112
129
Year 11
238
123
115
Year 12
172
86
86
Year 13
150
89
61
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
89.2%
86.5%
Further education
11.0%
25.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
62.0%
30.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
21.0%
32.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.1%
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
81.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
42.0%
24.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
40.0%
21.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020