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St John Fisher Catholic College

Ashfields New Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2SJ

Ofsted: Requires improvement (graded inspection, 13 December 2023). Last inspected 13 December 2023.

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1,091
Pupils
21.0%
Free school meals
1 April 2014
Opened

About this school

St John Fisher Catholic College is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. The school has 1,091 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Requires improvement (graded inspection, 13 December 2023). Last inspected 13 December 2023. The Headteacher is Garrett Murray. The school is administered by Staffordshire local authority. It belongs to ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. The school has a Catholic religious character. It opened in 1 April 2014.

School details

Headteacher
Garrett Murray
Trust
ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Local authority
Staffordshire
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Catholic
URN
140802

Admissions

Applications for places at St John Fisher Catholic College are handled by the school or the local authority (Staffordshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

41.8
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.40
Progress 8 · 2023-24
35%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
58%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.50
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
13%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
  • Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
  • Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
  • Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
  • EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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