Secondary school in Peterborough
St John Fisher Catholic High School
Park Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5JN
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 14 June 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Places
- 815
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Peterborough 013F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 17%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 37%
- Households owning their home
- 28%
- Households in social housing
- 39%
- Households with no car
- 38%
- Adults economically inactive
- 40%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Natasha Wilmore
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Ward
- East
- Constituency
- Peterborough
- URN
- 151414
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Peterborough AcademyFree schools | Good 2024 | 39.3 | 0.2 mi |
| Greater Peterborough UTCUniversity technical college | Good 2022 | 38.2 | 0.6 mi |
| The King's (The Cathedral) SchoolAcademy converter | Outstanding 2024 | 63.2 | 0.7 mi |
| Thomas Deacon AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 39.1 | 0.7 mi |
| The Peterborough SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.7 mi |
| Manor Drive Secondary AcademyFree schools | No grade | — | 1.9 mi |
| Stanground AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 46.7 | 2.3 mi |
| Jack Hunt AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 44.2 | 2.3 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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