{"url":"/school/115238/st-john-payne-catholic-school-chelmsford","urn":115238,"name":"St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford","phase":"secondary","type":"Voluntary aided school","local_authority":"Essex","address":{"line1":"Patching Hall Lane","town":"Chelmsford","postcode":"CM1 4BS","latitude":51.751847,"longitude":0.463041},"ofsted":{"current_category_of_concern":null,"inspections":[{"framework":"ungraded","framework_label":"Ofsted ungraded inspection","inspection_date":"2024-06-20","overall_effectiveness":null,"category_of_concern":null,"note":"The current framework awards no overall grade; a previous-framework grade is not a school's current one."}]},"demand":{"entry_point":"year_7","measure":"first preferences expressed divided by offers made","not_a_prediction":"It describes demand. It does not indicate whether any particular child would be offered a place.","movement":{"headline":"Little change","earlier_span":"2021–2022","later_span":"2024–2025","earlier_ratio":0.93,"later_ratio":0.96,"years_used":5},"by_year":[{"intake_year":2025,"first_preferences":176,"all_preferences":622,"offers_made":182,"first_preferences_per_place":0.97,"national_percentile":51.0},{"intake_year":2024,"first_preferences":178,"all_preferences":607,"offers_made":185,"first_preferences_per_place":0.96,"national_percentile":51.0},{"intake_year":2023,"first_preferences":159,"all_preferences":560,"offers_made":188,"first_preferences_per_place":0.85,"national_percentile":31.0},{"intake_year":2022,"first_preferences":210,"all_preferences":539,"offers_made":190,"first_preferences_per_place":1.11,"national_percentile":71.0},{"intake_year":2021,"first_preferences":145,"all_preferences":450,"offers_made":190,"first_preferences_per_place":0.76,"national_percentile":24.0},{"intake_year":2020,"first_preferences":184,"all_preferences":565,"offers_made":188,"first_preferences_per_place":0.98,"national_percentile":55.0},{"intake_year":2019,"first_preferences":146,"all_preferences":468,"offers_made":188,"first_preferences_per_place":0.78,"national_percentile":25.0},{"intake_year":2018,"first_preferences":144,"all_preferences":574,"offers_made":186,"first_preferences_per_place":0.77,"national_percentile":24.0},{"intake_year":2017,"first_preferences":169,"all_preferences":625,"offers_made":189,"first_preferences_per_place":0.89,"national_percentile":37.0},{"intake_year":2016,"first_preferences":168,"all_preferences":590,"offers_made":188,"first_preferences_per_place":0.89,"national_percentile":37.0},{"intake_year":2015,"first_preferences":168,"all_preferences":544,"offers_made":185,"first_preferences_per_place":0.91,"national_percentile":40.0},{"intake_year":2014,"first_preferences":161,"all_preferences":582,"offers_made":185,"first_preferences_per_place":0.87,"national_percentile":31.0}]},"results":{"note":"Withheld figures appear as null, never zero. Progress measures are estimates published with a 95% interval.","key_stage_4":[{"academic_year":2024,"attainment8":49.9,"progress8":null,"progress8_confidence_interval":null,"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":76.2,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":8.5},{"academic_year":2023,"attainment8":49.8,"progress8":0.1,"progress8_confidence_interval":[-0.11,0.31],"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":75.0,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":7.8},{"academic_year":2022,"attainment8":48.1,"progress8":-0.07,"progress8_confidence_interval":[-0.28,0.14],"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":72.2,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":7.5}],"key_stage_2":[]},"workforce":{"note":"Full-time equivalents, not headcounts. Teacher turnover only: carries no claim about heads or senior leaders.","by_year":[{"academic_year":2024,"teacher_fte":64.2,"remained":58.2,"left_the_system":6.0,"left_to_other_school":0.0,"left_percent":9.3},{"academic_year":2023,"teacher_fte":62.8,"remained":57.4,"left_the_system":4.4,"left_to_other_school":1.0,"left_percent":8.6},{"academic_year":2022,"teacher_fte":62.9,"remained":51.4,"left_the_system":5.5,"left_to_other_school":6.0,"left_percent":18.3},{"academic_year":2021,"teacher_fte":61.6,"remained":54.0,"left_the_system":4.6,"left_to_other_school":3.0,"left_percent":12.3},{"academic_year":2020,"teacher_fte":62.4,"remained":58.4,"left_the_system":3.0,"left_to_other_school":1.0,"left_percent":6.4},{"academic_year":2019,"teacher_fte":63.2,"remained":58.4,"left_the_system":3.0,"left_to_other_school":1.8,"left_percent":7.6}]},"catchment":{"status":"none_published","note":"no_zone_published means we hold no zone for this school. It does not mean an address is outside one.","zones":[]},"how_places_were_allocated":[],"how_the_places_were_shared_out":[],"sources":[{"label":"Department for Education: Get Information about Schools","detail":"School identity, type, phase and address","url":"https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/","retrieved":"2026-09-02"},{"label":"Ofsted: state-funded school inspections management information","detail":"Inspection outcomes, published monthly","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: school-level applications and offers","detail":"Preferences and offers, 2014 to 2025 intakes","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: key stage 4 performance","detail":"Attainment 8, Progress 8 and EBacc, by school","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: school workforce in England","detail":"Teacher turnover, by school, from the School Workforce Census","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england","retrieved":"2026-09-04"}]}