Secondary
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School
City Way, Rochester, ME1 2FA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1084 of 1185 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.0
- Local authority
- Medway
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 70.4
- Pupils per adult
- 15.5
- Pupils
- 1,094
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 October 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
32%
21 points below the Rochester average (53% across 5 schools)
40.0
12.1 below the Rochester average (52.1 across 5 schools)
5th of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Rochester we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.29 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% |
| A level average points per entry | 24.79 |
| A level students | 65 |
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 | 34% |
| 22/23 | 30% |
| 23/24 | 28% |
| 24/25 | 32% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 21.1 |
| 22/23 | 21.9 |
| 23/24 | 25.0 |
| 24/25 | 24.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.29 |
| 22/23 | -0.54 |
| 23/24 | -0.55 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.1 |
| 22/23 | 37.6 |
| 23/24 | 36.7 |
| 24/25 | 40.0 |
City Way, Rochester, ME1 2FA
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.
Medway 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
- Dympna Lennon
- Address
- City Way, Rochester, ME1 2FA
- Telephone
- 01634543123