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
Inadequate, inspected 16 November 2022 Since then: Taking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation (ungraded inspection, 11 June 2024)
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…
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
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
34.9
28.3%
2024/25
34.8
25.3%
2023/24
31.4
17.1%
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
Date
Inspection
Outcome
11 June 2024
Ungraded inspection
Taking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation
30 January 2024
Ungraded inspection
Taking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation
15 June 2023
Ungraded inspection
Taking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation
16 November 2022
Graded inspection
Inadequate
15 March 2022
Ungraded inspection
Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
10 February 2021
Ungraded inspection
Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action to provide education in the current circumstances
8 May 2019
Graded inspection
Inadequate
9 November 2017
Graded inspection
Inadequate
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
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
64.6
15.4
–
0
£50,420
2024/25
50.2
18.5
18%
0
£45,756
2023/24
56.4
17.0
31%
0
£49,405
2022/23
69.0
15.3
40%
3
£47,555
2021/22
69.0
15.6
26%
0
£45,095
2020/21
71.8
15.2
11%
0
£43,490
Earlier years (2014/15 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
76.0
14.7
14%
0
£41,347
2018/19
75.1
15.4
18%
0
£41,449
2017/18
70.7
16.3
6%
0
£40,158
2016/17
71.9
16.3
12%
0
£39,057
2015/16
69.8
16.8
9%
0
£37,516
2014/15
75.1
15.8
18%
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
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
11.5%
4.3%
33.3%
4.9%
2024/25
11.4%
4.4%
34.9%
5.8%
2023/24
14.9%
6.0%
44.2%
9.8%
2022/23
15.3%
6.5%
48.0%
8.2%
2021/22
13.3%
4.4%
44.9%
5.3%
2020/21
5.0%
1.2%
14.4%
1.3%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
7.0%
2.3%
18.8%
2.5%
2017/18
6.5%
1.3%
17.4%
1.4%
2016/17
5.9%
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).
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.