St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School is a secondary school located in Chatham. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 22/05/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Ordnance Street, Chatham, ME4 6SG
Website: http://www.stjohnfisher.school
Telephone: 01634543123
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Medway
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Dympna Lennon
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 118908

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 22/05/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1185
Number of Pupils: 890
Number of Boys: 464
Number of Girls: 426

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.13 Confidence interval -0.09 to 0.36
Of the 150 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 126 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:31%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:88%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:30%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:41.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.5
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St John's Church of England Infant School
4 New Street , ME4 6RH
3out of 4 202 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Michael's RC Primary School
Hills Terrace , ME4 6PX
3out of 4 323 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Balfour Junior School
Balfour Road , ME4 6QX
3out of 4 564 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Balfour Infant School
Pattens Lane , ME1 2QT
3out of 4 949 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Phoenix Primary School
Glencoe Road , ME4 5QD
3out of 4 960 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School
Ordnance Street , ME4 6SG
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Fort Pitt Grammar School
Fort Pitt Hill , ME4 6TJ
4out of 4 410 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
Holcombe Grammar School
Holcombe , Maidstone Road ME4 6JB
3out of 4 1,403 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
The Rochester Grammar School
Maidstone Road , ME1 3BY
4out of 4 1,458 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
The Victory Academy
Magpie Hall Road , ME4 5JB
3out of 4 1,546 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
MidKent College
Medway Road , ME7 1FN
- not rated 2,796 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Blue Skies School
126 Maidstone Road , ME4 6DQ
- not rated 523 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School
Trinity School and College
10-13 New Road , Rochester ME1 1BG
- not rated 857 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School
Rochester Independent College
Star Hill , ME1 1XF
- not rated 1,008 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
St Andrew's School (Rochester)
24 - 26 Watts Avenue , ME1 1SA
- not rated 1,550 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
King's School, Rochester
Satis House , Boley Hill ME1 1TE
- not rated 1,843 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.