St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy

Derby · DE24 0PA

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 179 pupils, 21.2% FSM

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St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy

General Information

Address: Alvaston Street, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0PA – View on map
Phone: 01332572154
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Graham Lobb
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 17 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 17 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

179 pupils out of 230 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 38
% eligible for free school meals: 21.2%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Derby average)
English as an additional language: 35% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 30.1% a year (Derby 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 59% moved to another school, 41% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Derby: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 5 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Derby, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.1%
Persistently absent pupils: 17.6%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 14.0%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 8 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Derby average (57%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 54% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 54%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 82% · Maths 61% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 76%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 102
Based on: 33 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolDerby averageEngland↘ Falling Down 7 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 4 percentage points above the Derby average (57%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 25th of 60 junior and primary schools in the area

=25Brackensdale Spencer Academy61%
=25Meadow Farm Community Primary School61%
=25St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy61%
=30Grampian Primary Academy60%
=30Oakwood Junior School60%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Lawn Primary School84%
#2Griffe Field Primary School83%
#3Parkview Primary School82%
#4Gayton Junior School78%
=5Hackwood Primary Academy77%
=5Redwood Primary School77%
#7Homefields Primary School76%
=8Borrow Wood Primary School75%
=8Mickleover Primary School75%
=8St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy75%
#11Silverhill Primary School74%
#12Springfield Primary School72%
#13Wren Park Primary School70%
#14Akaal Primary School69%
#15Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School68%
=16Ravensdale Junior School67%
=16St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy67%
=18Cavendish Close Junior Academy66%
=18Markeaton Primary School66%
=20Brookfield Primary School65%
=20St Werburgh's CofE Primary School65%
#22Cherry Tree Hill Primary School64%
#23Wyndham Spencer Academy63%
#24Ashwood Spencer Academy62%
=25Asterdale Primary School61%
=25Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and Nursery61%
=25Brackensdale Spencer Academy61%
=25Meadow Farm Community Primary School61%
=25St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy61%
=30Grampian Primary Academy60%
=30Oakwood Junior School60%
#32St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy59%
#33The Bemrose School58%
=34Chellaston Junior School56%
=34Portway Junior School56%
=34Village Primary Academy56%
=34Zaytouna Primary School56%
#38St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy54%
=39Dale Community Primary School53%
=39Landau Forte Academy Moorhead53%
#41Chaddesden Park Primary School50%
#42Lakeside Primary Academy48%
=43Beaufort Primary School47%
=43Reigate Park Primary Academy47%
#45St James' Church of England Aided Junior School46%
#46Shelton Junior School45%
#47St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School44%
#48Breadsall Hill Top Primary School43%
=49Cottons Farm Primary Academy42%
=49Hardwick Primary School42%
=51Alvaston Junior Academy41%
=51Ash Croft Primary Academy41%
#53Roe Farm Primary School40%
=54Ashgate Primary School38%
=54Becket Primary School38%
#56Pear Tree Community Junior School36%
#57Allenton Primary School32%
#58Firs Primary School30%
=59Arboretum Primary School29%
=59Derwent Primary School29%

View full Ofsted inspection report

28th of 36 primary schools in Derby for Ofsted rating

#26Springfield Primary SchoolGood
#27St Alban's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#28St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#29St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#30St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Castleward Spencer AcademyOutstanding
#2Griffe Field Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Lawn Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4St George's Catholic Voluntary AcademyOutstanding
#5Allenton Primary SchoolGood
#6Arboretum Primary SchoolGood
#7Ash Croft Primary AcademyGood
#8Ashgate Primary SchoolGood
#9Ashwood Spencer AcademyGood
#10Becket Primary SchoolGood
#11Borrow Wood Primary SchoolGood
#12Brookfield Primary SchoolGood
#13Cherry Tree Hill Primary SchoolGood
#14Dale Community Primary SchoolGood
#15Firs Primary SchoolGood
#16Grampian Primary AcademyGood
#17Hackwood Primary AcademyGood
#18Homefields Primary SchoolGood
#19Markeaton Primary SchoolGood
#20Meadow Farm Community Primary SchoolGood
#21Mickleover Primary SchoolGood
#22Redwood Primary SchoolGood
#23Reigate Park Primary AcademyGood
#24Roe Farm Primary SchoolGood
#25Silverhill Primary SchoolGood
#26Springfield Primary SchoolGood
#27St Alban's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#28St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#29St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#30St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#31St Werburgh's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#32Village Primary AcademyGood
#33Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary SchoolGood
#34Zaytouna Primary SchoolGood
#35Akaal Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#36Beaufort Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,874 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

24th of 50 primary schools in Derby for spending per pupil

#22Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and Nursery£6,939
#23Derwent Primary School£6,938
#24St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,874
#25Ash Croft Primary Academy£6,791
#26Breadsall Hill Top Primary School£6,782

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Oak Grange Primary School£12,785
#2Cottons Farm Primary Academy£10,119
#3Springfield Primary School£8,578
#4Becket Primary School£8,540
#5Allenton Primary School£8,274
#6Brackensdale Spencer Academy£8,145
#7Akaal Primary School£8,092
#8Hardwick Primary School£7,838
#9Meadow Farm Community Primary School£7,725
#10Chaddesden Park Primary School£7,593
#11Lakeside Primary Academy£7,593
#12Borrow Wood Primary School£7,567
#13Grampian Primary Academy£7,555
#14Castleward Spencer Academy£7,547
#15Roe Farm Primary School£7,529
#16Firs Primary School£7,460
#17St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy£7,451
#18Arboretum Primary School£7,408
#19Hackwood Primary Academy£7,302
#20Dale Community Primary School£7,102
#21Redwood Primary School£7,097
#22Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and Nursery£6,939
#23Derwent Primary School£6,938
#24St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,874
#25Ash Croft Primary Academy£6,791
#26Breadsall Hill Top Primary School£6,782
#27Ashgate Primary School£6,726
#28Village Primary Academy£6,699
#29Parkview Primary School£6,607
#30Zaytouna Primary School£6,591
#31St Werburgh's CofE Primary School£6,554
#32Asterdale Primary School£6,531
#33Ashwood Spencer Academy£6,499
#34Markeaton Primary School£6,490
#35Wyndham Spencer Academy£6,487
#36St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,430
#37Reigate Park Primary Academy£6,386
#38Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School£6,312
#39Brookfield Primary School£6,211
#40St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,205
#41Beaufort Primary School£6,195
#42Silverhill Primary School£6,162
#43Griffe Field Primary School£6,101
#44Wren Park Primary School£6,099
#45St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy£5,982
#46Mickleover Primary School£5,935
#47Lawn Primary School£5,766
#48Cherry Tree Hill Primary School£5,711
#49Homefields Primary School£5,656
#50Landau Forte Academy Moorhead£4,649

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