St John Fisher Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John Fisher Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
St John Fisher Catholic 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 |
And 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 22 of the 39 other North Yorkshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 130 first-choice applications for 182 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 84 of the 586 applications (14%) came from families living outside North Yorkshire; 28 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 62% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 55.1 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hookstone Drive, Harrogate, HG2 8PT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,250 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils value the education that they receive at St John Fisher Catholic Academy.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of what pupils can achieve.”
- “They have designed a curriculum which achieves the school’s mission, ‘educating for life’.”
To improve
- “However, a minority of pupils think that leaders do not celebrate positive behaviour as much as they could.”
- “However, not all pupils’ needs are consistently catered for with the same level of expertise.”
- “For example, some pupils with dyslexia feel well supported by some teachers more than others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 February 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) | 62% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | 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: 130 first-preference applications, 182 offers in total, 130 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 North Yorkshire.
- St Aidan's Church of England High School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrogate High School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harrogate Grammar School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rossett School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King James's School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boroughbridge High School 8.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ripon 10.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ripon Grammar School 10.8 mi Good Last distance published