St Augustine's Catholic College

St Augustine’s Catholic College has demonstrated significant progress since its previous inspection, moving from a requires improvement status to a good rating across all domains. The school fosters a supportive and inclusive community, promoting high expectations in behavior and learning, and actively encourages pupils to engage in leadership roles. However, despite these positive developments, there remain challenges in consistently upholding behavior standards and adapting the curriculum to meet the diverse needs of all students, potentially hindering their learning experiences.

Strengths

• A supportive and inclusive school culture that values all students.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and leadership opportunities.
• A broad and ambitious curriculum that prepares students well for exams.
• Effective pastoral support through the Emmaus Centre for mental health and academic assistance.
• High value placed on reading and student engagement with literature.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent application of behavior management expectations.
• Need for better adaptation of the curriculum to meet individual student needs.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Augustine's Catholic College attended 91.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 19.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 5.1% of pupils at St Augustine's Catholic College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Augustine's Catholic College had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.9% of pupils at St Augustine's Catholic College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Augustine's Catholic College received £7,583 and spent £7,439 for each of its 952 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £113,000 (-£119 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is St Augustine's Catholic College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Augustine's Catholic College is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was St Augustine's Catholic College last inspected by Ofsted?

St Augustine's Catholic College was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does St Augustine's Catholic College have?

St Augustine's Catholic College has 912 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Augustine's Catholic College cover?

St Augustine's Catholic College for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are St Augustine's Catholic College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.4, and 51% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is St Augustine's Catholic College?

St Augustine's Catholic College is at Wingfield Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 9EN.