St John's Catholic Comprehensive is a state-funded secondary school in Gravesham, South East, for pupils aged 11 to 18 for boys and girls. DfE data records 1,335 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 1,184.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Good (8 Jan 2025). The published Attainment 8 score was 42.1 for 2024/25. Admissions data records 304 first-preference applications and 172 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Good
Based on 8 Jan 2025 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Leadership & management | Good |
| Sixth-form provision | Good |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
| Leadership & management | Requires improvement |
Ungraded inspection · 8 Jan 2025: Standards maintained
Published 4 Dec 2014.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
Distance unavailable; check admission criteria with the school or council.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Kent |
| Applications open | Usually 1 September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 31 October 2026 |
| National offer day | 1 March 2027 |
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Offers made on National Offer Day | 172 |
| First-preference applications | 304 |
| Applications (all preferences) | 813 |
| First-preference offers | 155 |
Source: Published admissions data; follow each measure’s labelled basis, including all preferences where shown.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average score) | 42.1 |
| English & maths: grades 9–4 | 63% |
| English & maths: grades 9–5 | 31.2% |
| EBacc entry | 6.9% |
| EBacc grades 9–4 | 3.7% |
| EBacc grades 9–5 | 1.6% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 29.37 |
| Best three A-levels: average points | 29.35 |
| Value added | -0.18 |
| Value added: lower confidence limit | -0.35 |
| Value added: upper confidence limit | -0.01 |
| AAB or higher (including two facilitating subjects) | 0% |
| Pupils | 75 |
| Published progress band | Below average |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
| Destination | Pupils |
|---|---|
| This school’s sixth form | 62.6% |
| Sixth-form college | 0% |
| Further education college | 26.3% |
| Apprenticeship | 0.6% |
| Employment | 2.8% |
| Not sustained | 3.9% |
| Unknown | 3.4% |
Cohort: 179 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 92.7%
DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.
| Destination | Pupils |
|---|---|
| Higher education | 59.9% |
| Further education | 2.1% |
| Other education | 0% |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4% |
| Employment | 20.4% |
| Not sustained | 12.7% |
| Unknown | 3.5% |
Cohort: 142 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 83.8%
DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.
2024/25 · Published entries
DfE subject entries; pupils may take multiple subjects.
16.9 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 4.96% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 1.65% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 38.7% |
| White other | 16% |
| Mixed | 14.5% |
| Asian | 11.9% |
| Black | 17.1% |
| Other | 1.7% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.
93% would recommend this school
137 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 93% |
| Feels safe | 94% |
| Well behaved pupils | 95% |
| Bullying dealt with | 19% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 74% |
| Concerns dealt with | 57% |
| SEND support | 71% |
| High expectations | 92% |
| Child does well | 93% |
| Progress updates | 85% |
| Subject range | 95% |
| Clubs & activities | 93% |
| Personal development | 85% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Teaching hours | 08:40 – 15:30 |
Source: School website · checked 2026-05-19; confirm current arrangements.
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