The school serves primarily the Catholic community of the Woking Deanery, which comprises the parishes of Woking with Send, Camberley, Camberley North with Bagshot, Frimley, Knaphill and West Byfleet.

There are currently ten members of staff seconded to other schools and under the leadership of Ani Magill, 16 senior leaders have become head teachers.

Previously a voluntary aided school administered by the Surrey County Council, St. John the Baptist School converted to academy status in September 2016.

[3] The GCSE results were 97.4% of students achieved 5 or more GCSEs at grade C or above (89.4% including English and Maths).

Recently the school had been given the 'Go Ahead' to create a new SEN classroom to educate 30 autistic students within the local area aged 11-16, this has been done due to the fact that there are no SEN classrooms in and around the area