St John Fisher Catholic College
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D44
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2SJ
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Newcastle Academy
Gallowstree Lane, The Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2QS
Local ranking65th of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
647
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 31.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 13.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 32.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 81
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 422
- Boys
- 221 (50%)
- Girls
- 220 (50%)
- Capacity
- 647 (68% full)
- SEND
- 18.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 40.8%
- EAL
- 8.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,578/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
- 12.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.7% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.5%
- Black African: 3.1%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Other: 1.2%
- Asian Chinese: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
85.5%
White British
3.1%
Black African
2.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Gallowstree Lane
Newcastle-under-Lyme, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 142277
- UKPRN
- 10053876
- Establishment No.
- 4096
- Trust
- WINDSOR ACADEMY TRUST
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