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St Augustine Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Oakwood Road, Maidstone ME16 8AE · saa.woodard.co.uk · 01622 752490
On the mapSearch near ME16 8AE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Kent 46.7, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 673
- 90% of 750 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 35.5%
- First language not English
- 17.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 170 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 170 | 59 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 155 | 93 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 147 | 101 | 0.7 | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 185 | 115 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 160 | 121 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.1, and 20.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kent it was 46.7, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼20.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼45.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼24.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.93 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 25 | −9 |
| Further education | 51.4 | +4.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.1 | +0.7 |
| Employment | 4.3 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.9 | −2.7 |
| Activity not captured | 9.3 | +7.2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
| 2015/16 | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied general | 10 | — | -0.78 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
Left in 2015/16
| Employment | 60 |
|---|---|
| Not in a lasting destination | 20 |
| Activity not captured | 20 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Augustine Academy on 3 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 3 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jul 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jul 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (91 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Positive
- 73%
- Replies
- 91
- 12% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on 26 parents (29%) whose child was bullied
based on 33 parents (36%) with SEND