St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- St Helens, WA11 9BB
- Distance
- 2.1km away
Outwood Academy Haydock
Clipsley Lane, Haydock, St Helens, WA11 0JG
Local ranking5th of 8 secondary schools in St Helens
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 1 October 2024. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Haydock High School (URN 104827) since 1 January 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 172
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 819
- Boys
- 398 (50%)
- Girls
- 393 (50%)
- Capacity
- 900 (88% full)
- SEND
- 25.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.4%
- EAL
- 5.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.2%
- SEN Support
- 18.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,440/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.8%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Black African: 2.1%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- White Irish: 0.5%
89.8%
White British
2.7%
White Other
2.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Clipsley Lane
St Helens, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 148522
- UKPRN
- 10088073
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
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