St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College is a

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and

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with academy status. It is located on Woodhouse Lane in the town of

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. St John's Catholic School opened in 1964 and currently has 1372 pupils enrolled between the ages of 11 and 18 (of which 305 are aged 16–18). School facilities include a swimming pool, sports hall, gymnasium and an Astroturf football pitch, all of which are used by the school and outside community groups. St John's has a variety of after school clubs including a swimming club and chess club.

Notable people

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, entrepreneur, Dragon's Den *Jamie Campbell, star of the BBC Three documentary ''Jamie:Drag Queen at 16'' who attended his end of school prom in Drag. The story was later adapted as the West End musical, ''

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References

Department for Education

External links

Official Site
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