St John Fisher Catholic High School
Secondary · Peterborough · PE1 5JN
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 14 June 2023
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- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- URN
- 151414
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 149 families named it first for 136 Year 7 places, 1.10 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.677 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 7 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 14 June 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.10 first-choice applications per place136 places offered · 149 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.677 miles for 2025 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.677 miles
measured in a straight line.
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Other + Sibling
- 0.827 miles
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Hearing Impairment
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- Resourced provision
- 5 of 5 places taken full, or over capacity
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 17.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 36.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 11.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 28.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 27.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 38.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 32.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 9.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 31% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 11.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 37.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015616 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £210,000161 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £145,000–£275,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.09 km, 2025 entry): 198 sales, median £205,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 21an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
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