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St Augustine's Catholic High School, Redditch

Outstanding
Secondary
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Roman Catholic
Ages 13–18

St Augustine's Catholic High School is a secondary school for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Redditch, part of St Raphael the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in April 2024. Its 2026 GCSE results were the highest of the 5 schools in Redditch with published results, and 1,560th of 3,298 across England. It was 96% full in 2025.

GCSE results
In line with England
Ofsted
Outstanding (2024)
Capacity
96% full
Attendance
In line with England
Progress (2024)
Above average
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Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

St Augustine's Catholic High School in detail

Results

In 2026, pupils at St Augustine's Catholic High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.4 in Worcestershire and 47 across England.

49% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Worcestershire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 47.3.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.35: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 37.7, against 47.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

Getting a place at St Augustine's Catholic High School

Across Worcestershire, 88% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 96% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Worcestershire lodged 180 appeals against secondary school offers; 134 reached a hearing and 36 succeeded (26.9% of those heard).

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Augustine's Catholic High School are Walkwood Church of England Middle School (1 mile, Good); Tudor Grange Academy Redditch (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 33.1); Ridgeway Secondary School (1.5 miles, Attainment 8 43.9); and Woodfield Academy (1.7 miles, Requires improvement).

St Augustine's Catholic High School's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Walkwood Church of England Middle SchoolTudor Grange Academy RedditchRidgeway Secondary SchoolWoodfield Academy

The trust

St Augustine's Catholic High School is one of 29 schools run by St Raphael the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

All 29 schools in St Raphael the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust

Where pupils go next

Of the 238 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 40% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 130 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 53% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 27% into work. 17% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

Who goes there

12.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 127 pupils (12.8%) received SEN support and 15 (1.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Redditch Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St. Augustine's School (adjacent), 140 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Augustine's Catholic High School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, St Augustine's Catholic High School issued 88 suspensions, 9.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Primary schools nearby

The primary schools closest to St Augustine's Catholic High School are Crabbs Cross Academy (0.4 miles), Astwood Bank Primary School (0.8 miles), The Vaynor First School (1 mile) and Woodrow First School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.

Crabbs Cross AcademyAstwood Bank Primary SchoolThe Vaynor First SchoolWoodrow First School

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE destination measures; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Luke Payton
Pupils:995
LA:Worcestershire
Phone:01527550400
Address:Stonepits Lane, Hunt End, Redditch, B97 5LX
Trust:ST RAPHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST (29 schools)
Admissions:Non-selective
Status:open
Opened:1 July 2014

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 3 years ago
Outstanding

Overall

Outstanding

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Inspected 16 April 2024View full report
URN:141063
UKPRN:10046460
Diocese:Archdiocese of Birmingham
Constituency:Redditch
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Outstanding at its April 2024 inspection.

Rated Outstanding for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.

At a Glance

12.2%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

Yes

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Secondary Performance (GCSE)

Academic year 2025/26

GCSE Results

2023
2024
2025
2026
Attainment 8 GCSE Eng+Maths

2025/26 academic year

Progress 8 has declined from 0.56 to 0.35 (2023 to 2024). Attainment 8 has declined from 50.7 to 46.4 (2023 to 2026). GCSE English & Maths 5+ has declined from 53% to 49% (2023 to 2026).

Performance by Group

GroupProgress 8Attainment 8Eng+Maths 5+
All pupils-46.449.1%
Disadvantaged(26)-37.730.8%
Not known to be disadvantaged(208)-47.551.4%
Boys(118)-44.247.5%
Girls(116)-48.650.9%
Show more breakdowns (2)
Known or believed to be other than English(61)-51.755.7%
Non mobile(230)-46.649.6%

2025/26 academic year - DfE performance tables data

GCSE Subjects Offered

English Language462
Mathematics462
English Literature460
Religious Studies454
Combined Science344
History236
Geography178
Business Studies164
French162
Chemistry116
Physics116
Biology116
Engineering Studies94
Art and Design80
Food Preparation and Nutrition68
Other Modern Languages61
Health Studies58
Social Studies52
Childcare Skills50
Computer Science46

+ 7 more subjects

2025/26 academic year - entries by number of pupils

After GCSEs - Leaver Destinations

After GCSEs (Year 11) - 238 students

Continued education93%
Further education40%
Apprenticeships2%
Employment2%
Not in education/employment2%

2023/24 data

Exclusions & Suspensions

0

Permanent exclusions

0.00%

Exclusion rate

88

Suspensions

9.11%

Suspension rate

53 pupils received one or more suspensions out of 966 pupils

2024/25 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools

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Getting There

Bus Stops

St. Augustine's School (Adj)
137m · 2 min walk
Top of Little Woods (opp)
262m · 4 min walk
Wychwood Drive (adj)
358m · 6 min walk
Evesham Road (Southbound)
380m · 6 min walk
Priestfield Road (Opp)
394m · 6 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. St Augustine's Catholic High School is in Worcestershire; for families living there:

Apply to Worcestershire for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
3
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight.

No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.

1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Worcestershire is 5.5 (the median across 276 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

96%

Near capacity

961 pupils

1,005 places

44 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Redditch

Low pressure
New homes approved:1,401
Projected new pupils:252

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Redditch

Across Worcestershire council

Low demand council-wide0.93 applications per place

Places available

4,103

Applications

3,828

Got 1st preference

88.1%

Got preferred school

95.7%

All secondary applications across Worcestershire council (2026/27), not just this school.

Inspection History(3)

16 April 2024
OutstandingReport
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
14 February 2023

Ungraded inspection: The school remains Outstanding, but Ofsted raised concerns; its next inspection will be a full graded one.

16 May 2017
OutstandingReport
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

127

SEN Support

15

EHC Plans

14.3%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health40
Speech, Language & Communication39
Specific Learning Difficulty23
Moderate Learning Difficulty13
Autistic Spectrum Disorder13
Other5
Physical Disability4
Visual Impairment3
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
63.5%
Asian
14.3%
Black
1.5%
Mixed
6.8%
Chinese
0.5%
Other
0.6%
Unclassified
0.8%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals12.2%
English as Additional Language22.9%

995

Total Pupils

518

Boys

477

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

53

Teachers

18.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£56,333

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£6,833

Per pupil

£4981k

Total funding

£92k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£284,020
EAL funding£17,545
Lump sum£145,100

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

7.8%

Overall absence

22.4%

Persistent absence

710

Enrolments

Authorised6.1%
Unauthorised1.7%
Persistent (10%+)22.4%
Severe (50%+)1.8%

Absence trend

4.4%
18/19
4.8%
20/21
8.2%
21/22
7.6%
22/23
7.7%
23/24
7.8%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about St Augustine's Catholic High School

What are GCSE results like at St Augustine's Catholic High School?

In the 2026 results, pupils at St Augustine's Catholic High School achieved an Attainment 8 score of 46.4. 49% passed GCSE English and maths at grade 5 or above.

What is St Augustine's Catholic High School's Ofsted rating?

St Augustine's Catholic High School was rated Outstanding at its most recent Ofsted inspection in April 2024.

What is the catchment area for St Augustine's Catholic High School?

No fixed boundary. When St Augustine's Catholic High School is oversubscribed, Worcestershire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at St Augustine's Catholic High School?

St Augustine's Catholic High School was close to full in 2025, at 96% of its capacity.

How big are the classes at St Augustine's Catholic High School?

Classes at St Augustine's Catholic High School average 22.1 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to St Augustine's Catholic High School?

St Augustine's Catholic High School has around 995 pupils on roll. 12% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at St Augustine's Catholic High School?

7.8% of sessions were missed at St Augustine's Catholic High School in 2024/25. 22.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to St Augustine's Catholic High School?

Apply through Worcestershire's coordinated admissions process, naming St Augustine's Catholic High School on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.

How many road collisions happen near St Augustine's Catholic High School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Worcestershire is 5.5 (the median across 276 schools, same distance and years).

Where is St Augustine's Catholic High School?

St Augustine's Catholic High School is at Stonepits Lane, Hunt End, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 5LX.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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