St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy
About the school
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy is an open secondary school in Kirklees.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 25 March 2025
- Published
- 18 June 2025
- Inspection type
- Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 34.8
- Kirklees
- 46.4
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Kirklees
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 25.30%
- Kirklees
- 46.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 46.00%
- Kirklees
- 65.90%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 16.70%
- Kirklees
- 37.60%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.02
- Kirklees
- 4.06
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- D+
Average A-level points
- School
- 21.88
AAB or better
- School
- Suppressed
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
928
Girls
47.31%
Boys
52.69%
SEN support
14.01%
Education, health and care plan
1.83%
English as an additional language
19.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
43.45%
Overall absence
12
Persistent absence
36.14
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
192
Sustained education or employment
86%
Education
74%
Apprenticeship
10%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
7%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
63
Sustained education or employment
67%
Higher education
24%
Further education
5%
Apprenticeship
13%
Employment
25%