The John Fisher School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Purley, CR8 3YP
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Woodcote High School
Meadow Rise, Coulsdon, CR5 2EH
Local ranking12th of 23 secondary schools in Croydon
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1283
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 26 January 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 224
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 57.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 22.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
31.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
69
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 2.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 144
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1273
- Boys
- 610 (49%)
- Girls
- 640 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1283 (97% full)
- SEND
- 21.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.9%
- EAL
- 12.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 18.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,013/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 43.0%
- White Other: 8.4%
- Black Caribbean: 7.3%
- Asian Other: 6.5%
- Black African: 6.1%
- Mixed Other: 5.8%
- Asian Indian: 5.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.6%
43.0%
White British
8.4%
White Other
7.3%
Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138187
- UKPRN
- 10037475
- Establishment No.
- 4031
- Trust
- THE COLLEGIATE TRUST
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