St John Fisher Catholic Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 14 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
North Yorkshire
Unique reference
148855
Address
Hookstone Drive, HG2 8PT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1328 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
7%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.2%
Persistent absence
22.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.8%
Other White 7.8%
Mixed 5.6%
Irish 2.1%
Indian 1.7%
African 1.7%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other Asian 1.4%
Other 1%
Chinese 0.7%
Caribbean 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.17
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 70%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.5
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.95
Local authority average 4.15
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award12
Art & DesignGCSE48
BiologyGCSE75
Business Studies:SingleGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE75
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
DanceGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE206
English LiteratureGCSE204
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St John Fisher Catholic Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
156
2nd preference
109
3rd preference
152
From another Local Authority
107
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
155
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
46
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
194
101
93
Year 8
187
84
103
Year 9
212
111
101
Year 10
214
106
108
Year 11
224
111
113
Year 12
137
59
78
Year 13
156
77
79
Year 14
4
2
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
84.7%
86.5%
Further education
20.0%
31.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
70.0%
40.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
11.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
78.0%
67.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
27.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
34.0%
24.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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