St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College

State-Funded School

st-johns-catholic-school-sixth-form-college-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Bishop AucklandConstituency

DL14 6JTPostcode

5.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Durham, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,229 pupils. St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College is part of BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 46.4
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 41.3%
EBacc average point score: 3.77

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,229

Total Pupils

44%Boys

56%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 1,229
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 9 May 2024. 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
4 Mar 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.