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St Augustine's CofE Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–9 · Academy
Pipehay Lane, Draycott-in-the-Clay, Ashbourne DE6 5BY · st-augustines.staffs.sch.uk · 01283 820365
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 43
- 57% of 75 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Free school meals
- 9.8%
- First language not English
- 7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 4 families put the school first and 4 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
St Augustine's CofE Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 23 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2009
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124247), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124247)
Jun 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124247)
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 23
- 38% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied