St John Fisher Catholic College
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D44
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2SJ
- Distance
- 1.5km away
The Orme Academy
Milehouse Lane, Newcastle, ST5 9JU
Local ranking42nd of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1161
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 18 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 125
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 769
- Boys
- 365 (48%)
- Girls
- 403 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1161 (66% full)
- SEND
- 16.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.8%
- EAL
- 4.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 14.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,272/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
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.0%
- White Other: 1.7%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Other: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
90.0%
White British
1.7%
White Other
1.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Milehouse Lane
Newcastle, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 142015
- UKPRN
- 10049638
- Establishment No.
- 4013
- Trust
- THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
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