St John Fisher Catholic High School A GSG School
- St John Fisher Catholic High School
Hookstone Drive
Harrogate
HG2 8PT - Head: Mr Steve Mort
- T 01423 887254
- F 01423 881056
- E office@sjfchs.org.uk
- W www.sjfchs.org.uk
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: North Yorkshire
- Pupils: 1,427; sixth formers: 955 (combined with St Aidan's C of E High School); 333 at St John Fisher
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Open days: October (main school); February (sixth form)
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
- 16-19 study programmes Good 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Good 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 1
- 1 Full inspection 13th December 2022
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
A parent described the teaching as 'dynamic' - 'The children have a lot of fun along with learning'. The traditional chapel plays a central part in the school's spiritual life: one chapel assembly a week for separate year groups, to which various teachers contribute - the one we visited was lively and the students seemed engaged. Big focus on the performing arts: has Artsmark Gold and a modern performing arts area; plays tend to be musicals, eg Phantom of the Opera…
What the school says...
St. John Fisher is a Catholic School in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds. The school seeks to be both a true community of faith and a place of learning, where each and every individual is valued. The school is a high-achieving school, with a strong Christian ethos and excellent levels of pastoral care and support, graded outstanding by OFSTED. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since September 2020, Steve Mort. Previously principal at Corpus Christi Catholic College for eight years and before that at St John Fisher Catholic High School for five years.
Entrance
Over subscribed: some 335 applicants for 196 places. Has its own complicated admissions system - baptised Catholics get preference. Sixth formers: up to 30 from outside the two main schools; five 9-4s with at least one 6 needed. Deadline for applications: mid-March.
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
As a school that serves the local Catholic community, St John Fisher provides an education that meets the needs of all pupils that would benefit from a mainstream education. We seek to provide an inclusive education that provides appropriate support in a variety of contexts, depending on the needs of the individual. St John Fisher is proud of its ongoing commitment to support all children under our care, whatever their aptitude or ability. The school supports the spiritual, academic, social, physical and behavioural development of all pupils, with an emphasis on increased levels of assistance for those vulnerable children with the greatest need. We have an SEN quality mark from the Local Authority. The school has achieved accreditation as a "Healthy School". Nov 09.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
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