St John's Catholic Comprehensive

School overview

St John's Catholic Comprehensive is a secondary school serving Gravesend, Kent, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 1,322 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 42.1 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.5 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

31% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. St John's Catholic Comprehensive is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 304 first choices for 172 places. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 15.1 pupils per teacher. St John's Catholic Comprehensive does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.