St John the Baptist School, Woking

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St John the Baptist Comprehensive School
Address
St John the Baptist School, Woking
Elmbridge Lane

Kingfield
,
Surrey
,
GU22 9AL

England
Coordinates 51°18′30″N0°32′57″W / 51.30831°N 0.54909°W / 51.30831; -0.54909
Information
Type Academy
MottoHave faith, believe you can!
Religious affiliation(s)Christianity (Catholic)
Established1969
Local authority Surrey County Council
TrustXavier Catholic Education Trust
Department for Education URN 143369 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Headteacher James Granville-Hamshar
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1375[ citation needed ]
Website w.sjb.school

St John the Baptist School is a coeducational Catholic secondary school and sixth form in Woking, Surrey, England. [1] The school was one of the first 100 designated teaching schools in the UK.

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Location

The school serves primarily the Catholic community of the Woking Deanery, which comprises the parishes of Woking with Send, Camberley, Camberley North with Bagshot, Frimley, Knaphill and West Byfleet. The deanery primary schools located in that community which are the feeder schools for St John the Baptist School are: St Dunstan’s Primary School, Woking; St Augustine’s Primary School, St Mary's Byfleet, Camberley; St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School, Knaphill and The Marist Primary School, West Byfleet.

National teaching school

SJB was designated a teaching school in July 2011. There are currently ten members of staff seconded to other schools and under the leadership of Ani Magill, 16 senior leaders have become head teachers.

As a national teaching School they offer training and support to:

In conjunction with The Surrey Teaching Schools Network, SJB has been successful in securing the licence for leadership provision of the National College for School Leadership's programmes. As a teaching school, St John the Baptist School is responsible for the NPQH.

Academy

Previously a voluntary aided school administered by the Surrey County Council, St. John the Baptist School converted to academy status in September 2016. The school is now sponsored by the Xavier Catholic Education Trust.

Academics

In 2022/23, overall pupil absence at the school was 6.4%. [2] This compares to 8% in the Surrey local authority, and 9% in England. [2]

In 2010, the A Level results were 100% pass with 71% at A*-B. [3]

The GCSE results were 97.4% of students achieved 5 or more GCSEs at grade C or above (89.4% including English and Maths). 51% of grades were A* and A putting the school at 128 in the Daily Mail rankings. However, this is a non-selective school so the comparisons may be questioned as many of the schools higher in the table select on ability.

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ "St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking". GOV.UK. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 "St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking". Compare school and college performance in England. Gov.UK. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ↑ results August 2010
  4. ↑ Williamson, Marcus (27 August 2021). "Sean Lock: Comic whose deadpan surrealism made him a TV favourite". The Independent. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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