St Augustine's Catholic High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Redditch, Worcestershire·B97 5LX
Composite score
59.1
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#1,302
National rank
#116
In West Midlands
#9
In Worcestershire
Top 41%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
47.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
46%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
76%
% EBacc grade 5+
14%
EBacc average points score
4.08

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Last place offered lived
1.20 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1936 m

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

School profile

Age range
13–18
Pupils on roll
966
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
22.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,710
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
97%
232 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

St Augustine's Catholic High School at a glance

Located in Redditch, Worcestershire, St Augustine's Catholic High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 966 pupils aged 13 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 47.3 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 3.0 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 41% of secondary schools nationally.

46% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 76% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.20 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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