The John Fisher School, Purley

In 2026, pupils at The John Fisher School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 62.3 in Sutton and 47 across England.

59% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 72% in Sutton and 47% in England.

That is down from 55.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.28: pupils made 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 34.6, against 53.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.6 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 132 families put The John Fisher School as their first choice and 468 named it as one of their preferences, for 175 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 16 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The John Fisher School are Thomas More Catholic School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46); Wallington High School for Girls (0.7 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 80.3); Wilson's School (1 mile, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 86.8); and Woodcote High School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.9).

The John Fisher School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Of the 187 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 20% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 115 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 71% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 12% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

14.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Purley Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodcote Drive (->e), 250 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The John Fisher School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 192 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sutton (324).

In 2024/25, The John Fisher School issued 100 suspensions, 8.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The John Fisher School are Wallington Primary Academy (0.5 miles), Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles), Foresters Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Elphege's RC Infants' School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.