St John's Catholic Comprehensive
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Gravesend, DA12 2JW
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Gravesend Grammar School
Church Walk, Gravesend, DA12 2PR
Local ranking19th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
1032
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 18 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 65.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 91.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 98.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 89.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 6.4 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 221
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 66.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 12.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
38.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
38.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
193
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 26.9% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 413
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1493
- Boys
- 1388 (93%)
- Girls
- 105 (7%)
- Capacity
- 1032 (145% full)
- SEND
- 4.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 10.7%
- EAL
- 19.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.3%
- SEN Support
- 4.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 82.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £3,072/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 38.7%
- Black African: 16.9%
- Asian Indian: 16.3%
- Mixed Other: 7.3%
- White Other: 7.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Asian Other: 2.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.8%
38.7%
White British
16.9%
Black African
16.3%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Church Walk
Gravesend, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 137099
- UKPRN
- 10034589
- Establishment No.
- 5465
- Trust
- ALETHEIA ACADEMIES TRUST
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