St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JT
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Bishop Barrington Academy
Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6LA
Local ranking26th of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
814
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 25 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 42.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 87
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 602
- Boys
- 318 (53%)
- Girls
- 281 (47%)
- Capacity
- 814 (74% full)
- SEND
- 22.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 51.7%
- EAL
- 2.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 18.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,818/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
- 11.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 36.9% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 94.0%
- Other: 1.3%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
- White Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.3%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
94.0%
White British
1.3%
Other
0.8%
Gypsy/Roma
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Woodhouse Lane
Bishop Auckland, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 148706
- UKPRN
- 10088882
- Establishment No.
- 4162
- Trust
- ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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