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St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy

St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy is a secondary academy in Dewsbury, United Kingdom with 992 pupils, part of The Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust. Ofsted: Inadequate, inspected 16 November 2022. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Assistant Head of Year (Non teaching) (closes 14 November) and Educational Teaching Assistant (closes 8 November).

Head
Karl Mackey, Acting Headteacher
Trust or group
The Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
992 pupils · 46% girls · 44.8% eligible for free school meals · 31.1% with English as an additional language
DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
85 (8.6%) on SEN support · 20 (2.0%) with an education, health and care plan
DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority
Kirklees
Location
Dewsbury, WF13 4LL, United Kingdom
Telephone
01924527000
Website
stjohnfisher.org.uk
Register number
URN 141470 (register entry)
Ofsted
Inadequate, inspected 16 November 2022
Since then: Taking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation (ungraded inspection, 11 June 2024)

Vacancies (2)

Assistant Head of Year (Non teaching)

Salary £26,943 a yearCloses 14 Nov

Full time

Introduction from the Headteacher Thank you for taking an interest in this exciting role. It is my pleasure to welcome you to St John Fisher, an 11-18 voluntary aided Catholic…

Educational Teaching Assistant

Salary £19,535 to £21,581 a yearCloses 8 Nov

Part timeTeaching support

Introduction from the Headteacher Thank you for taking an interest in this exciting role. It is my pleasure to welcome you to St John Fisher, an 11-18 voluntary aided Catholic…

Exam results

YearAttainment 8Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional34.928.3%
2024/2534.825.3%
2023/2431.417.1%

Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.

Inspections

DateInspectionOutcome
11 June 2024Ungraded inspectionTaking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation
30 January 2024Ungraded inspectionTaking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation
15 June 2023Ungraded inspectionTaking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation
16 November 2022Graded inspectionInadequate
15 March 2022Ungraded inspectionTaking effective action towards the removal of special measures
10 February 2021Ungraded inspectionLeaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action to provide education in the current circumstances
8 May 2019Graded inspectionInadequate
9 November 2017Graded inspectionInadequate

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

Staff

YearTeachersPupils per teacherLeaversVacanciesAverage pay
2025/2664.615.4–0£50,420
2024/2550.218.518%0£45,756
2023/2456.417.031%0£49,405
2022/2369.015.340%3£47,555
2021/2269.015.626%0£45,095
2020/2171.815.211%0£43,490
Earlier years (2014/15 to 2019/20)
YearTeachersPupils per teacherLeaversVacanciesAverage pay
2019/2076.014.714%0£41,347
2018/1975.115.418%0£41,449
2017/1870.716.36%0£40,158
2016/1771.916.312%0£39,057
2015/1669.816.89%0£37,516
2014/1575.115.818%1£40,477

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

Attendance

YearSessions missedUnauthorisedPersistently absentSeverely absent
2025/2611.5%4.3%33.3%4.9%
2024/2511.4%4.4%34.9%5.8%
2023/2414.9%6.0%44.2%9.8%
2022/2315.3%6.5%48.0%8.2%
2021/2213.3%4.4%44.9%5.3%
2020/215.0%1.2%14.4%1.3%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
YearSessions missedUnauthorisedPersistently absentSeverely absent
2018/197.0%2.3%18.8%2.5%
2017/186.5%1.3%17.4%1.4%
2016/175.9%1.4%14.9%1.4%

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

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Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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