St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking, Woking

From the headteacher's welcome: "SJB is a community where every individual is highly valued and where care and concern for others is central to our work. We aim to blend academic learning with excellent pastoral care so that all students and staff thrive and feel successful."

In 2026, pupils at St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking averaged an Attainment 8 score of 60.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.8 in Surrey and 47 across England.

81% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Surrey and 47% in England.

That is up from 58.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.73: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.3, against 62.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 26.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 321 families put St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking as their first choice and 746 named it as one of their preferences, for 228 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 94 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking are Hoe Valley School (1.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 48.3); Woking High School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.4); The Bishop David Brown School (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.1); and The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.1).

St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking is one of 23 schools run by Xavier Catholic Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 62.3 in 2024/25.

374 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking (as of September 2025): 96% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 68% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (68%).

Of the 238 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 12% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 150 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 65% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 24% into work. 36% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 26.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (50%), Mixed (12%) and Asian (9%).

In 2026, 122 pupils (8.1%) received SEN support and 68 (4.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking has a SEN unit for autism: 30 places, 8 pupils on roll.

St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking had 114 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Woking Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woking College (s-bound), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 227 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Surrey (76), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking issued 31 suspensions, 2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking are Kingfield Primary School (0.3 miles); St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Woking (0.8 miles); Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery (0.9 miles); and Westfield Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.