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St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 40 40.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
40.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
32.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
4.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.55 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 40[6] 32.4%[6]
2023/24 36.7[4] 28%[4] -0.55[4]
2022/23 37.6[7] 30%[7] -0.54[7]
2021/22 40.1[8] 34%[8] -0.29[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
7.1% 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] 6.5%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 D[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
59% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
23% 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 92%[15] 61%[15] 0%[15] 26%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 88%[16] 64%[16] 0%[16] 18%[16] 3%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 70%[17] 0%[17] 23%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 91%[18] 57%[18] 0%[18] 28%[18] 3%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
79% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
51% 2022/23[19]
Education
54% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
21% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[20] 66%[20] 72%[20] 0%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 71%[21] 49%[21] 51%[21] 4%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 74%[22] 48%[22] 59%[22] 0%[22] 16%[22]
2018/19 71%[23] 44%[23] 50%[23] 6%[23] 15%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
3% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
2% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 62%[26] 7%[26]
2019/20 67%[25] 4%[25] 2%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 61%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 0%[28] 0%[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
29 Oct 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
16 Jan 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Requires improvement[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 May 2019[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[30] Good[30]
21 Mar 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
418 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
102 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
174 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 562[32] 119[32] 179[32] 3.1[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 595[32] 135[32] 178[32] 3.3[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2023 426[32] 113[32] 210[32] 2.0[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2022 307[32] 78[32] 180[32] 1.7[32] 0.4[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1185[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
http://www.stjohnfisher.school[1]
District
Medway[33]
Postcode
ME1 2FA[1]
URN
118908[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1105 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
21.7% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
16.6% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.3% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
35.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
41.3%[35]
Mixed
8%[35]
Asian
10.3%[35]
Black
34.5%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.8%[35]
Unclassified
3%[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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