St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Bristol, South Gloucestershire·BS16 6QR
Composite score
34.6
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#12,442
National rank
#1304
In South West
#69
In South Gloucestershire
Top 84%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
46%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 09/12/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
6 first choices, 6 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
13
any preference, for 6 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
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1 per place
0.8020221.0020230.9520240.9520251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
184
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
33.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,528
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

About St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 184 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 46% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 14.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 6 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 24.2 pupils per teacher. St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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