St John's Catholic Comprehensive
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Kent
Rochester Road, Gravesend, DA12 2JW
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
61%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.4%
18.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,335
Capacity used
Over capacity113%
1,184 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
61%
1st preference success rate
169 of 275 families who put it first got an offer
187
Places offered
807
Total applications
4.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 275 | 169 | ● 61% |
| 2nd preference | 237 | 13 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 167 | 2 | ● 1% |
| 4th preference | 128 | 3 | ● 2% |
| Total | 807 | 187 | 23% |
1st preference success by year
Kent lets families list 4 preferences. 29 applications came from outside the council area (14 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Matthew Barron
- Address
- Rochester Road, Gravesend, DA12 2JW
- Phone
- 01474534718
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Denton · Gravesham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 118933
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 28% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 35% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,335 pupils · 1,184 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
08 January 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,004 pupils
Attendance
93.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.11 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 41% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 64% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.62 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 27.81 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 31.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 6.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 189 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 29.37 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 0% | 17% |
| A-level students | 75 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 199 | 4% | 35% | 64% | |
| Mathematics | 189 | 6% | 38% | 68% | |
| English Language | 189 | 8% | 41% | 67% | |
| Religious Studies | 181 | 14% | 41% | 60% | |
| Combined Science | 172 | 6% | 33% | 59% | |
| Geography | 116 | 9% | 42% | 59% | |
| Art and Design | 96 | 15% | 38% | 61% | |
| Social Studies | 79 | 13% | 59% | 81% | |
| History | 58 | 14% | 41% | 59% | |
| Physical Education | 26 | 8% | 50% | 69% | |
| Biology | 17 | 12% | 47% | 71% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 15 | 33% | 80% | 93% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | 21 | 0% | 10% | 29% | |
| Psychology | 19 | 0% | 5% | 16% | |
| English Literature | 14 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 12 | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| Mathematics | 12 | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| History | 10 | 0% | 20% | 60% | |
| Chemistry | 10 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |
| Fine Art | 8 | 13% | 25% | 50% | |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 0% | 13% | 13% | |
| Geography | 6 | 0% | 50% | 50% | |
| Government and Politics | 6 | 17% | 17% | 17% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 14546: St Johns Catholic Comprehensive School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 57% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 11% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 59% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kent council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.