Secondary school

St John Fisher Catholic High School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Peterborough
  • PE1 5JN
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Oct 2013

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,601 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 49%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 78%78%2016/17: top 86%2017/18: top 94%2018/19: top 71%2021/22: top 67%2022/23: top 56%2023/24: top 46%46% · 2023/242024/25: top 49%No exams

A-level results

#260 of 273 East of England sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against East of EnglandArrows: East of England rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 845.9 · East of England 45.96/10 Middle+17.5 pts
Grade 5+ English and maths38.5% · East of England 44.9%4/10 Below+13 pts
EBacc point score3.86 · East of England 4.015/10 Middle+15.9 pts
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.67 · East of England −0.029/10 Top 20%
A level points per entry24.19 · East of England 33.161/10 Well below East of England−36.6 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.6 · 121 pupils · East of England 50.52016/17: 39.2 · 122 pupils · East of England 46.22017/18: 35.3 · 102 pupils · East of England 46.32018/19: 42.4 · 108 pupils · East of England 46.32021/22: 45.2 · 125 pupils · East of England 48.82022/23: 44.7 · 129 pupils · East of England 46.22023/24: 46.5 · 129 pupils · East of England 45.62024/25: 45.9 · 130 pupils · East of England 45.8546.535.3No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 26% · 122 pupils · East of England 41%2017/18: 18% · 102 pupils · East of England 41%2018/19: 25% · 108 pupils · East of England 40%2021/22: 36% · 125 pupils · East of England 49%2022/23: 40% · 129 pupils · East of England 43%2023/24: 43.4% · 129 pupils · East of England 43.9%2024/25: 38.5% · 130 pupils · East of England 44.9%43.4%18%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 23.61 · 57 pupils · East of England 29.022016/17: 27.63 · 43 pupils · East of England 29.412017/18: 26.26 · 34 pupils · East of England 30.942018/19: 24.95 · 28 pupils · East of England 31.322021/22: 34.5 · 36 pupils · East of England 36.152022/23: 28.14 · 30 pupils · East of England 32.282023/24: 26.62 · 30 pupils · East of England 32.652024/25: 24.19 · 35 pupils · East of England 33.1634.523.61No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in68.5%
102 of 149 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 68.5%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st149102
2nd13031
3rd783

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2005–2023

  1. 2005Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2008Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2012Satisfactoryas predecessor
  5. 2013Goodas predecessor
  6. 2017Ungraded visitas predecessor
  7. 2023Remains Goodas predecessor

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll828
Free school meals (past 6 years)33.9%
First language not English43.1%
SEN support8.0%
EHC plan4.3%
Absence (sessions missed)6.0%
Persistently absent pupils15.0%

Girls 45.4%Boys 54.6%

102% full · 815 places · 158 in sixth form

Parent View

Not published for this school

Workforce

Not in the latest school workforce census

Financials

No AAR return published for this school

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

129 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained93.8%
  • Education93.8%
  • Apprenticeship0%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained2.3%
  • Unknown3.9%

After sixth form (16–18)

62 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained85.5%
  • Education62.9%
  • Higher education58.1%
  • Apprenticeship4.8%
  • Employment17.7%
  • Not sustained9.7%
  • Unknown4.8%