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St John Fisher Catholic College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,075Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 140802URN

Ashfields New Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 2SJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.3 above Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

277 applications for 127 places · 11th of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.7of 90
37th of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 13 December 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth form provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 13 December 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement
  2. 16 June 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.3 above Staffordshire median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

277 applications · 127 places offered · 92 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 3.2; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 2.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 12 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as St John Fisher Catholic College (URN 124461), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261272772.2920.72
Sep 20251623462.11190.73
Sep 20241944542.31460.75
Sep 20231954922.52001.03
Sep 20221995132.62111.06
Sep 20211974862.51991.01
Sep 20202005462.72171.09
Sep 20191705423.22331.37
Sep 20181994972.52111.06
Sep 20171644562.81921.17
Sep 20161644422.71641.00
Sep 20151653902.41520.92
Sep 2014 *1593492.21500.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

198 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.737th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%23rd of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.40
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19841.739%59%–
2024/2519841.835%58%–
2023/2419843.537%63%−0.40
2022/2319940.033%61%−0.68

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
140802 · 860/4713
Trust
St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Catholic
Capacity
981 pupils · 1,075 on roll
Free school meals
22.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2014
Replaced
St John Fisher Catholic College (URN 124461)
Address
Ashfields New Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 2SJ
Local authority
Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources