St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.49 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 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 | 3.49 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (this one included), its 3.49 miles was the 9th longest; the middle figure was 2.16 miles.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 117 first-choice applications for 166 offers: 0.7 first choices per offer, the lowest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 25% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kirklees.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Oxford Road, Dewsbury, WF13 4LL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 992 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and happy at this welcoming, and rapidly improving, school.”
- “Staff, pupils, parents and carers agree that the school has improved a great deal in recent years.”
- “Students in the sixth form receive a more consistent quality of education.”
To improve
- “Although the school’s quality of education is improving, pupils do not consistently make enough progress through the curriculum.”
- “They do not achieve well enough in public examinations and assessments, particularly at key stage 4.”
- “While attendance is improving, some pupils do not attend often enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 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) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 34.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | 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: 117 first-preference applications, 166 offers in total, 117 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 Kirklees.
- Westborough High School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manor Croft Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Grammar School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Upper Batley High School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castle Hall Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Spen Valley High School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Mirfield Free Grammar 2.4 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy 2.6 mi Good Last distance published