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St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy

Oxford Road, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, WF13 4LL

Ofsted: Requires improvement (last overall grade). Last inspected 25 March 2025.

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928
Pupils
42.2%
Free school meals
1 October 2014
Opened

About this school

St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Kirklees, West Yorkshire. The school has 928 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Requires improvement (last overall grade). Last inspected 25 March 2025. The Acting Headteacher is Karl Mackey. The school is administered by Kirklees local authority. It belongs to THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has a Roman Catholic religious character. It opened in 1 October 2014.

School details

Acting Headteacher
Karl Mackey
Trust
THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Local authority
Kirklees
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
URN
141470

Admissions

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

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

34.8
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.99
Progress 8 · 2023-24
25%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
46%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.02
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
17%
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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