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The John Fisher School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 50.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
59% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.28 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 55.6[6] 65.1%[6]
2023/24 55[4] 64.7%[4] +0.28[4]
2022/23 52.1[7] 64%[7] -0.03[7]
2021/22 54.4[8] 63%[8] -0.03[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.6% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 16.3%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 11.9%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 8.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 8.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
74% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
13% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
11% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 70%[15] 6%[15] 19%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 74%[16] 12%[16] 10%[16] 2%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 100%[17] 87%[17] 3%[17] 9%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 66%[18] 17%[18] 14%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
58% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
16% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 65%[20] 67%[20] 2%[20] 17%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 77%[21] 81%[21] 2%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 92%[22] 68%[22] 75%[22] 3%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 68%[23] 69%[23] 4%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
73% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
23% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
21% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 83%[26] 31%[26]
2019/20 80%[25] 25%[25] 21%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 81%[27] 23%[27] 16%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 68%[28] 25%[28] 20%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
20 Jun 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
13 Sep 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
16 Mar 2022[30] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30] No overall grade[30]
23 Jan 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
468 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
132 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
175 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 464[32] 156[32] 178[32] 2.6[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 444[32] 151[32] 175[32] 2.5[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 406[32] 118[32] 176[32] 2.3[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2022 460[32] 188[32] 176[32] 2.6[32] 1.1[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1190[1]
Local authority
Sutton[1]
Website
http://www.johnfisherschool.org/[1]
District
Sutton[33]
Postcode
CR8 3YP[1]
URN
103009[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1134 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
23.2% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
19.8% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.4% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.9% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
44.7%[35]
Mixed
11.6%[35]
Asian
16.4%[35]
Black
23.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[35]
Unclassified
3.2%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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