St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

KirkleesLocal Authority

Dewsbury and BatleyConstituency

WF13 4LLPostcode

1.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.

It currently serves 992 pupils. St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy is part of THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 34.8
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 25.3%
EBacc average point score: 3.02

Ethnicity

White

60%

Asian

25%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

992

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

31%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 992
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Jun 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
1 Mar 2023	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate
20 Jun 2019	Inadequate	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Inadequate

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.