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St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · Roman CatholicSurrey, South East · Woking GU22 9ALTrust: Xavier Catholic Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,512of 1,470 places
Free school meals
7.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
240
Ofsted
Inspected, 11 February 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking (URN 125302, until 1 September 2016).

What the data says

Of the 239 pupils who finished Year 11 at St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking in 2023, 62% stayed on in St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking’s own sixth form (Surrey average 29%) and 10% went to a further education college.

Among the 142 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 57% went to university (Surrey 41%, England 37%), and 41% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 58.1 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 66% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Surrey and England.

This school
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort23911,758607,348
Any sustained destination97%94%92%
Stayed in education96%89%86%
— school sixth form62%29%34%
— sixth form college23%32%13%
— further education college10%26%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship2%3%
Employment1%2%3%
No sustained destination2%4%6%
Destination unknown2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

This school
Surrey
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Students in the cohort14210,235541,441
Any sustained destination91%82%79%
University (higher education)57%41%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students41%24%19%
Further education1%4%5%
Apprenticeship5%5%7%
Employment27%32%28%
No sustained destination4%12%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)58.150.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths66%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths88%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects83%44%41%
EBacc average point score5.394.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort8%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils41.832.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils59.654.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language27%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language239100%89%33%20%83%
Mathematics239100%88%37%22%92%
Religious Studies23498%31%41%32%82%
English Literature23096%86%30%21%92%
Combined Science16669%65%15%9%86%
History13857%41%43%26%80%
Spanish10544%19%30%27%71%
Geography10142%41%42%25%76%
Business Studies9439%18%41%20%80%
Biology7130%23%69%45%87%
French7130%18%34%29%70%
Physics6929%23%71%46%90%
Fine Art6929%9%39%28%96%
Design and Technology6326%11%43%23%97%
Chemistry6226%23%73%47%100%
Physical Education4720%11%28%24%77%
Computer Science4519%13%47%30%89%
Italian4017%0%50%53%90%
Drama3515%7%37%27%91%
Food Preparation and Nutrition208%8%55%21%95%
Music125%5%42%33%83%
Polish63%1%83%84%83%
Chinese21%1%75%
Portuguese21%0%50%
Russian10%0%87%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Multimedia3320%
Small Business Management159%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study336
— of whom A level students1657,325261,341
Average A level gradeBB-B-
Average points per A level entry41.5937.1935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsB+B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects26%18%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics5232%31%
Psychology3622%23%
Business Studies3421%13%
Biology3119%20%
History3119%13%
Geography2716%10%
Economics2213%13%
Physics2213%12%
Chemistry2213%17%
English Language1610%4%
English Literature1610%11%
Religious Studies1610%4%
Fine Art1610%3%
Photography1610%3%
Sociology159%13%
Politics127%6%
Physical Education117%3%
Computer Science95%5%
Further Mathematics95%5%
Film Studies85%2%
Product Design74%2%
Italian0%
Drama2%
French1%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)2012%
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*148%
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*106%
Film / Video / Television ProductionBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*85%
TourismBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*85%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*64%

Where St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking is

Other secondary schools in Surrey are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Surrey’s allocation statistics.

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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

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Carrington School

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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.