St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School

What St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School does

St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School is a state-funded Catholic comprehensive secondary school located in Rochester, Kent, England. It serves students aged 11-18 across Key Stages 3, 4, and 5 (Years 7-13) and is the only secondary school in the Medway unitary authority area offering comprehensive Catholic faith-based education. The school operates under the formal direction of the Diocese of Southwark and serves the surrounding Catholic parish communities within the Chatham Deanery. Its core educational product includes the standard national curriculum, a Grammar Stream admitting the top 30 students per year, SEND support provision, careers education, a Sixth Form, and a programme of extra-curricular activities. Technology infrastructure is built around the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Teams, Outlook), supplemented by ParentVUE/SchoolVue for parent engagement, CPOMS for safeguarding, ClassCharts for behaviour management, SchoolCloud for virtual parents' evenings, and Applica for admissions processing. A brand new purpose-built school building was opened in February 2023, replacing prior facilities and expanding capacity.

The school's revenue model is primarily government-funded through the Department for Education, with admissions administered via the Medway coordinated process and the Applica system. Secondary revenue sources include parental contributions, the 16-19 bursary fund for post-16 students, and venue hire of sports facilities. There are no commercial customer segments; the institution's "customers" are students and their families drawn from a geographically bounded Catholic catchment in the Medway area. Operational reach is structurally constrained by admission policies, physical capacity, and the regulatory designation of comprehensive Catholic education within the local authority.

As a non-profit state school, the institution operates under public-sector governance and is not a commercial investable entity. It pursues regulatory validation through Ofsted inspections (most recently October 2024) and Catholic Schools Inspectorate (CSI) assessments, achieving a CSI Outstanding rating in September 2021. The school maintains an active partnership ecosystem including CAFOD (Catholic aid agency), UCAS, Medway Council, and the Chatham Deanery parish schools, which together reinforce its community-facing mission and feeder pipelines.

Name

St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School

Legal name

St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School

Website

https://stjohnfisher.school

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School is a state-funded Catholic secondary school in Rochester, Kent, serving students aged 11-18. It is the only comprehensive Catholic secondary school in the Medway area and operates under the Diocese of Southwark.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Catholic education
• Sixth form provision
• Comprehensive schooling
• Key stage curriculum

Headquarters

HQ city

Rochester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. State-Funded Education: Core revenue from government funding for maintained Catholic secondary school education. Students attend free at point of delivery, funded by Department for Education via local authority.
2. Venue Hire and Lettings: Purpose-built sports facilities available for hire outside school hours including FA approved all-weather football pitches, indoor sports hall, dance/fitness studio, and classroom spaces. Charged hourly or by day.
3. Sixth Form Bursary Fund: Manages bursary funds for post-16 students including vulnerable bursary (up to £1,200) and discretionary bursary for students in receipt of Free School Meals or household income under £20,000.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School delivers state-funded Catholic secondary education for pupils aged 11–18 in Chatham, Medway, covering Key Stages 3 and 4 (GCSE) and a Sixth Form offering A Levels, with a Grammar Stream and dedicated SEND provision. It operates under the Archdiocese of Southwark as its own legal entity, with inclusive admissions and a pastoral, safeguarding and mental-health framework.

Product overview

St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Rochester, Kent, offering a comprehensive educational programme from Years 7 through 13 (Sixth Form). The school operates as a unified educational institution with specialized components including a Grammar Stream for high-ability students and extensive SEND support services. Core academic products include the Key Stage 3 Curriculum (Years 7-9), Key Stage 4 Curriculum (Years 10-11 GCSE preparation), and Key Stage 5/Sixth Form Curriculum (A Levels, BTECs, and Level 2 pathways). Digital services include Microsoft Teams-based remote education, ParentVUE portal for parental engagement, and a Virtual Parents' Evening system. The school also provides enrichment through extra-curricular clubs, e-safety education, careers guidance (CEIAG), and mental health support. Venue hire of sports facilities is available outside school hours.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Key Stage 3 Curriculum

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% of parents said school has high expectations of their child
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration17 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CAFODcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatholic Agency for Overseas Development partnership. Students engage in social justice initiatives and charity fundraising guided by the chaplain. School participates in CAFOD's Jubilee 2025 programme and schools initiatives.
• Medway CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal education authority relationship. School participates in Deanery Games using sports facilities. Students engage with local community initiatives. Council immunisation services visit school.
• Chatham Deanery SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of Catholic primary schools in the Deanery. Joint events include Headteacher visits to primaries, Citizenship Awards, Deanery Games, Masses, Science Roadshow, and drama productions.
• Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool immunisation service provider. NHS team conducts HPV vaccinations and other immunisation programmes for students during school visits.
• UCAScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversities and Colleges Admissions Service partnership. School provides UCAS resources for students including university information, personal statement guidance, tariff points information, and chat with current students feature.
• Gillingham Street AngelsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal charity partnership for social justice initiatives. Students encouraged to take lead roles in opportunities for social justice and community service.
• KASBAH Charity KentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharity supporting adults with learning disabilities in Kent and Medway. Year 12 Hospitality class hosts afternoon tea events for service users and carers.
• KTA ApprenticeshipsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKent training and apprenticeships provider. School provides information about local apprenticeship opportunities as part of careers education programme.
• Fenn Bell Conservation ZoominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedway Council zoo partnership. Sixth Form Eco Ambassadors visit to learn about wildlife conservation, endangered species, and environmental responsibility as part of school's environmental awareness programme.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• The Rochester Grammar School: Selective girls' grammar school in Rochester sharing the immediate catchment. Competes for the same high-attaining students that SJF's Grammar Stream targets, making it a direct competitor for aspirational families in Medway.
• Brompton Academy: Secondary school in Gillingham, Medway, part of the Thinking Schools Academy Trust. Directly comparable as a co-educational secondary serving the same Medway families but without faith-based ethos.
• Fort Pitt Grammar School: Selective girls' grammar in Chatham competing in the same Medway market. Comparable in targeting high-attaining students and offering a grammar stream pathway similar to SJF's selective cohort.
• Holcombe Grammar School: Selective boys' grammar school in Chatham directly competing in the same Medway catchment. Comparable as a secondary school serving the same geographic market but with selective rather than comprehensive intake.

Direct peers

• St Edmund's Catholic School: Faith-based Catholic secondary school in Canterbury, Kent, also under the Archdiocese of Southwark. Closely comparable in faith identity, state-funded model, and mixed-ability comprehensive intake, serving a similar Kent demographic.
• St Augustine Academy: Catholic secondary school in Maidstone, Kent, sharing the same faith-based comprehensive ethos under the Archdiocese of Southwark. Directly comparable in admissions model, pastoral support, and Sixth Form provision.
• St George's Church of England Foundation School: Faith-based secondary school in Broadstairs, Kent, also serving Kent families under diocesan oversight. Comparable as a faith-based comprehensive with Sixth Form provision in a similar UK county.
• St Simon Stock Catholic School: Catholic secondary school in Maidstone, Kent, within the same Archdiocese of Southwark network. Directly comparable in faith-based comprehensive model, curriculum structure, and operational scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/St_JohnFisher
• Facebookfacebook.com/StJohnFisherMedway
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-john-fisher-catholic-comprehensive-school
• Instagraminstagram.com/stjohnfisherccs_official

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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