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
15.1%
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 %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 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
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award18
MultimediaTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE59
BiologyGCSE67
Business Studies:SingleGCSE102
ChemistryGCSE63
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE45
Design & TechnologyGCSE58
DanceGCSE2
Year 2023-2024

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
93.0%
89.1%
85.6%
Further education
10.0%
25.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
63.0%
30.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
20.0%
32.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
68.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
43.0%
27.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021