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St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,512Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 143369URN

Elmbridge Lane, Kingfield, Woking, GU22 9AL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.3per place
0.6 above Surrey median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Surrey

746 applications for 228 places · 16th of 57 in Surrey
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
60.5of 90
8th of 56 in Surrey
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 11 February 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

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
3.3applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Surrey median (2.7) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

746 applications · 228 places offered · 321 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.3; Surrey median median 2.7
  2. 2025 3.4; Surrey median median 2.6
  3. 2024 3.0; Surrey median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.4; Surrey median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.4; Surrey median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.3; Surrey median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.3; Surrey median median 2.5
  8. 2019 3.2; Surrey median median 2.3
  9. 2018 3.0; Surrey median median 2.4
  10. 2017 3.0; Surrey median median 2.4
  11. 2016 3.1; Surrey median median 2.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.0; Surrey median median 2.4; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.1; Surrey median median 2.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Surrey median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Surrey median

Dashed bars: as St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking (URN 125302), 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 20262287463.33211.41
Sep 20252337863.43391.45
Sep 20242286823.02921.28
Sep 20232327783.43341.44
Sep 20222307893.43401.48
Sep 20212337593.33521.51
Sep 20202327713.33091.33
Sep 20192367453.23111.32
Sep 20182356933.02961.26
Sep 20171885693.02601.38
Sep 2016 *1745343.12351.35
Sep 2015 *1855563.02561.38
Sep 2014 *1775393.12441.38

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

238 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)60.58th of 56 in Surrey
Grade 5 or above in English and maths81%2nd of 56 in Surrey
Grade 4 or above in English and maths89%
  • This school
  • Surrey median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.73
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23860.581%89%–
2024/2524058.166%88%–
2023/2423860.678%89%+0.73
2022/2323959.975%87%+0.87

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
143369 · 936/5402
Trust
Xavier Catholic Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,470 pupils · 1,512 on roll
Free school meals
7.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 September 2016
Replaced
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking (URN 125302)
Address
Elmbridge Lane, Kingfield, Woking, GU22 9AL
Local authority
Surrey · Woking

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