Secondary
St John Fisher Catholic College
Ashfields New Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 2SJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1075 of 981 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2023
Requires improvement
- 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
June 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
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GCSE results
35%
41.8
3rd of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme we can score - 5 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 | 41.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.5 |
| Entered the EBacc | 13% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.34 |
| A level students | 40 |
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 | 48% |
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 37% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.8 |
| 22/23 | 25.6 |
| 23/24 | 25.9 |
| 24/25 | 29.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.19 |
| 22/23 | -0.68 |
| 23/24 | -0.40 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.5 |
| 22/23 | 40.0 |
| 23/24 | 43.5 |
| 24/25 | 41.8 |
Ashfields New Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 2SJ
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.
Staffordshire 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
- Garrett Murray
- Address
- Ashfields New Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 2SJ
- Telephone
- 01782307551