John F Kennedy Catholic School

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
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
149743
Address
Hollybush Lane, HP1 2PH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1100 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
51.5%
Girls
48.5%
First language not English
21.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.5%
Persistent absence
19.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 51.9%
Other White 18.4%
African 9.3%
Mixed 8.1%
Other Asian 4%
Indian 2.9%
Unclassified 1.7%
Irish 1.3%
Caribbean 0.9%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Other 0.4%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Admissions

John F Kennedy Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
169
2nd preference
122
3rd preference
112
From another Local Authority
57
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
15
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 classes20.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
93
86
Year 8
182
90
92
Year 9
180
91
89
Year 10
178
96
82
Year 11
179
110
69
Year 12
84
41
43
Year 13
118
46
72
Year 2023-2024

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