St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow County Durham council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See County Durham's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 210 families put this school as their first choice, and 209 places were offered. 203 of the families who put it first got a place (97%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 9 May 2024: School remains Good.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1229 (capacity 1400)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

Academy trust

BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Phone

01388603246

Address

Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JT

Website

stjohns.bhcet.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports