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St John Fisher Catholic Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,250Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 148855URN

Hookstone Drive, Harrogate, HG2 8PT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.2per place
1.3 above North Yorkshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective

586 applications for 182 places · 4th of 39 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
52.6of 90
10th of 41 in North Yorkshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 December 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
3.2applications per place, Year 7
1.3 above North Yorkshire median (1.9) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

586 applications · 182 places offered · 130 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 3.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 3.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 5 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median

Dashed bars: as St John Fisher Catholic High School (URN 121717), 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 20261825863.21300.71
Sep 20251905933.11490.78
Sep 20241755353.11560.89
Sep 20231975642.91820.92
Sep 20221774752.71670.94
Sep 2021 *2135842.72131.00
Sep 2020 *2085562.72030.98
Sep 2019 *2345592.42631.12
Sep 2018 *2234301.92060.92
Sep 2017 *2394822.02270.95
Sep 2016 *2344592.02431.04
Sep 2015 *1954442.32331.19
Sep 2014 *1944012.12051.06

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

209 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)52.610th of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths58%13th of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths83%
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.59
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20952.658%83%–
2024/2521055.162%80%–
2023/2422357.969%82%+0.59
2022/2320753.554%74%+0.17

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

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  • 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
148855 · 815/4609
Trust
The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,383 pupils · 1,250 on roll
Free school meals
11.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 December 2021
Replaced
St John Fisher Catholic High School (URN 121717)
Address
Hookstone Drive, Harrogate, HG2 8PT
Local authority
North Yorkshire

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