St John's Catholic Comprehensive
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.448 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John's Catholic Comprehensive is a secondary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 January 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
St John's Catholic Comprehensive 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 | 0.448 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.448 miles away, the shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.82 miles).
- The Year 7 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 304 first-choice applications for 172 offers; 155 offers went to first-choice families, and 149 first-choice families (49%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 31% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the average A level grade was C (England B-).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rochester Road, Gravesend, DA12 2JW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,335 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this inclusive school because staff provide high-quality care.”
- “A harmonious sense of purpose and calm permeates the school.”
- “Pupils know exactly what staff expect of them.”
To improve
- “However, in a minority of other subjects and lessons, teaching is less precise.”
- “Gaps in pupils’ learning are not always identified and addressed.”
- “At times, learning is not purposefully structured to help pupils connect and apply prior knowledge in new or more complex ways.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 February 2025 (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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.1 | 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: 304 first-preference applications, 172 offers in total, 155 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 Kent.
- Gravesend Grammar School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thamesview School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Northfleet Technology College 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Northfleet School for Girls 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet 3.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Longfield 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Meopham School 4.7 mi Good Last distance published