St John Fisher Catholic College
Secondary schoolSt John Fisher Catholic College is a secondary school in Newcastle-under-Lyme, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,075 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), December 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 13 December 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St John Fisher Catholic College was 41.7, against 40.0 in Newcastle-under-Lyme and 46.2 in England.
39.4% 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 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 41.7 | 40.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39.4% | 32.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59.1% | 52.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 198 | – | – |
- 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
In a straight line- Newcastle and Stafford Colleges GroupSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file180 m
- St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 2022. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)420 m
- St Giles' and St George's Church of England AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)770 m
- Blackfriars AcademySpecial. School remains Outstanding, October 2023890 m
- Hempstalls Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- Knutton St Marys CofE AcademyPrimary. Some aspects not as strong, March 2025. 32% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).