# Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy

Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Erewash, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 625 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E137908. [Erewash](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 625
- Council: Erewash
- URN: 137908

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, April 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 24 April 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy was 44.4, against 43.3 in Erewash and 46.2 in England.
37.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Erewash | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 44.4 | 43.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37.6% | 41.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65.4% | 62.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 133 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Kirk Hallam Community Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kirk-hallam-community-academy-e146374): 450 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 40.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Ladywood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ladywood-primary-school-e148017): 660 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-catholic-voluntary-academy-e146145): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Dallimore Primary & Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dallimore-primary-and-nursery-school-e112675): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ormiston-ilkeston-enterprise-academy-e137109): 1.3 km. Secondary. Good (overall), June 2024. Attainment 8 of 43.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Field House Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/field-house-infant-school-e148016): 1.6 km. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137908)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/137908)

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