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St Augustine's Catholic College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Wingfield Road, Trowbridge BA14 9EN · st-augustines.wilts.sch.uk · 01225 350001

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
51.4
average Attainment 8 score. Wiltshire 46.2, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
912
88% of 1,042 places
Local authority
Wiltshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
15%
First language not English
24.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Saint Augustine's Catholic College

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 178 families put the school first and 170 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 172 (Places 175)172September 2023: 136 (Places 139)136September 2024: 141 (Places 143)141September 2025: 146 (Places 151)146September 2026: 178 (Places 170)178Places 170
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261701781▲94%
September 2025Sept 20251511461100%
September 2024Sept 20241431411100%
September 2023Sept 20231391361100%
September 2022Sept 2022175172198%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.4, and 51.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wiltshire it was 46.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (34.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 54.7 (England 46.3)54.72017/18: 56.4 (England 46.5)56.42018/19: 55.8 (England 46.7)55.82021/22: 53.8 (England 48.8)53.82022/23: 51.6 (England 46.3)51.62023/24: 50.6 (England 45.9)50.62024/25: 51.4 (England 46.0)51.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲51.446.0
▲51.6%45.4%
▲76.7%64.8%
▼22.6%40.5%
▲4.464.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form50−10.5
Further education42.2+14.2
Other education1.30
Apprenticeship0.6−1.9
Employment1.9−1.3
Not in a lasting destination1.3−0.6
Activity not captured2.6+0.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 32.2 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 32.3 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 35.7 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 33.2 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 38.2 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 33.5 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 34.7 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 34.2 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
81 studentsC+ (34.2)Average +0.09
81 studentsC+ (34.2)Average +0.09
6.2%AAB or better
93.1%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2479C+ (34.7)+0.15
2022/2364C+ (33.5)—
2021/2292B- (38.2)—
2018/1997C+ (33.2)-0.13
2017/1887B- (35.7)+0.02
2016/1794C+ (32.3)-0.10
2015/1692C+ (32.2)0.00

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University61.3−11.8
Further and other education6.2+0.8
Further education5+0.7
Other education1.3+0.2
Apprenticeship1.3−3
Employment22.5+15
Not in a lasting destination5−2.5
Activity not captured3.8+1.6

Ofsted

St Augustine's Catholic College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
30 Apr 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2021Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (139 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
78%
Replies
139
14% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼80% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼82% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼76% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼83% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼65% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼80% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼87% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲93% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼77% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼60% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲58% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 36% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼56% agreeEngland 68%

based on 46 parents (33%) with SEND

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