The John Fisher School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · Purley, Sutton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Sutton · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The John Fisher School is a secondary school in Purley, Sutton for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Sutton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The John Fisher School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had 132 first-choice applications for 175 offers; 116 offers went to first-choice families and 16 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 253 of the 468 Year 7 applications for 2026 (54%) came from families living outside Sutton, and 91 offers went to them.
- 2024/25: 65% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sutton.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was above average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sutton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Peaks Hill, Purley, CR8 3YP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sutton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,116 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders make sure that pupils benefit from taking part in lots of clubs and trips, including visits to places such as New York and Barcelona.”
- “A high proportion of pupils also represent their school in a wide range of sports, including in the many fixtures that take place on Saturday mornings.”
- “Parents and carers typically report that their children are happy and safe at school.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils in Years 7 to 9, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), do not have access to the same full curriculum as their peers.”
- “Pupils are withdrawn from a modern foreign language to have additional support with their literacy and/or social and emotional needs.”
- “However, occasionally, the support for pupils with an education, health and care plan is not as effective as it could be, particularly in helping pupils to build up confidence and accuracy in their writing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 65% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 132 first-preference applications, 175 offers in total, 116 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sutton.
- Wallington High School for Girls 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wilson's School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oaks Park High School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Wallington County Grammar School 1.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Carshalton High School for Girls 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harris Academy Sutton 2.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Overton Grange School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published