St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- St Helens, WA11 9BB
- Distance
- 1.8km away
St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy
Berrys Lane, Sutton, St Helens, WA9 3HE
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
920
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 6 July 2022.
School history and status
Continues from St Cuthbert's Catholic High School (URN 104835) since 1 September 2026. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 33.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 21.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 45.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 173
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 79.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 876
- Capacity
- 920 (0% full)
- SEND
- 25.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 48.2%
- EAL
- 7.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 22.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,869/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
- 14.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 38.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- 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: 87.7%
- White Other: 5.1%
- Black African: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Black Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Other: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
87.7%
White British
5.1%
White Other
2.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 152596
- UKPRN
- 10101159
- Establishment No.
- 4801
- Trust
- ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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