Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

DerbyshireLocal Authority

ErewashConstituency

DE7 4HXPostcode

7.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Derbyshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 625 pupils. Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy is part of ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 48.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 50%
EBacc average point score: 4.34

Ethnicity

White

89%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

625

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 625
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 24 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
10 Jul 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.