Aldercar High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 648 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.9
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Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 625of 606 places
- Free school meals
- 29.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 148
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 24 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Saint John Houghton Catholic School (URN 113000, until 1 March 2012).
What the data says
Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy has no sixth form. Of the 117 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 23% moved to a sixth form college, 45% to a further education college and 9% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 9% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 93% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.1 against 46.1 across England and 45.0 in Derbyshire, with 50% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Derbyshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 117 | 7,796 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 15% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 23% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 45% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 9% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.1 | 45.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 49% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.34 | 3.92 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 45.8 | 34.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.6 | 49.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 4% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 147 | 99% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 78% |
| Mathematics | 146 | 99% | 88% | 27% | 22% | 77% |
| English Literature | 143 | 97% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 138 | 93% | 31% | 34% | 32% | 70% |
| Combined Science | 111 | 75% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 67% |
| History | 80 | 54% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 56% |
| Geography | 63 | 43% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 63% |
| French | 42 | 28% | 18% | 24% | 29% | 74% |
| Biology | 32 | 22% | 23% | 53% | 45% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 32 | 22% | 23% | 63% | 47% | 97% |
| Spanish | 31 | 21% | 19% | 29% | 27% | 77% |
| Physics | 31 | 21% | 23% | 52% | 46% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 27 | 18% | 8% | 4% | 21% | 44% |
| Business Studies | 25 | 17% | 18% | 12% | 20% | 68% |
| Physical Education | 23 | 16% | 11% | 17% | 24% | 65% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 16% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 48% |
| Art and Design | 12 | 8% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 33% |
| Design and Technology | 11 | 7% | 11% | 9% | 23% | 36% |
| Music | 8 | 5% | 5% | 25% | 33% | 75% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 19 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 16 | — | — |
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Brookfield Community School
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Buxton Community School
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Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.