St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
St. Helens
Unique reference
149031
Address
Boardmans Lane, Blackbrook, WA11 9BB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
563 (73% of total capacity)
Boys
47.6%
Girls
52.4%
First language not English
10.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.2%
Persistent absence
21.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.1%
Other White 6.2%
African 3%
Mixed 1.6%
Other 1.2%
Chinese 1.1%
Other Asian 0.9%
Caribbean 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.7
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.35
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.7
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.76
Local authority average 3.62
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award22
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award29
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE21
Art & DesignGCSE23
BiologyGCSE10
Business Studies:SingleGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE120
English LiteratureGCSE114
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
118
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
112
2nd preference
66
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
111
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
131
58
73
Year 8
121
64
57
Year 9
119
48
71
Year 10
89
50
39
Year 11
103
48
55
Year 2023-2024

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