Secondary
St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford
Patching Hall Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 4BS
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1241 of 1220 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
- Local authority
- Essex
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brentwood
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 92.0
- Pupils per adult
- 12.8
- Pupils
- 1,178
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2024
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
51%
7 points below the Chelmsford average (58% across 10 schools)
49.9
4.5 below the Chelmsford average (54.4 across 10 schools)
4th of 10 by our score, among the secondary schools in Chelmsford we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.12 |
| Entered the EBacc | 10% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% |
| A level average points per entry | 32.69 |
| A level students | 102 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 59% |
| 22/23 | 49% |
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 51% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.4 |
| 22/23 | 35.6 |
| 23/24 | 34.1 |
| 24/25 | 32.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.27 |
| 22/23 | -0.07 |
| 23/24 | +0.10 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.3 |
| 22/23 | 48.1 |
| 23/24 | 49.8 |
| 24/25 | 49.9 |
Patching Hall Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 4BS
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Thomas Coen
- Address
- Patching Hall Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 4BS
- Telephone
- 01245256030