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St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

Primary · Bristol · BS16 6QR

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Needs attentionInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 December 2025 · report published 1 February 2026

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At a glance

176 pupils · 84% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
18.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
33.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.staugustinedownend.org.uk
URN
109268

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 9 December 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 6 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

26 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
46%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school46%
Median of its 12 closest peers63%
South Gloucestershire average62.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolSale · 133 miles awayStrong standard77%
Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolAltrincham · 131 miles awayGood62%
Bearwood Primary SchoolWokingham · 70 miles awayGood64%
St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolKettering · 98 miles awayExpected standard73%
Orchard Way Primary SchoolCroydon · 106 miles awayNo current grade67%
St George's CofE Primary School WorcesterWorcester · 50 miles awayGood43%
St Pauls CofE VA Primary SchoolCambridge · 122 miles awayNeeds attention38%
Our Lady Catholic Primary SchoolHitchin · 100 miles awayGood57%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolSouthport · 150 miles awayGood43%
Brushwood Junior SchoolChesham · 83 miles awayOutstanding69%
Nythe Primary SchoolSwindon · 33 miles awayRequires improvement38%
Brookfield Primary SchoolDerby · 105 miles awayGood65%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 41% (South Gloucestershire 73%, England 60%) · Black African 12% (South Gloucestershire 3%, England 5%) · Any other White background 10% (South Gloucestershire 5%, England 7%) · Not recorded 8% (South Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 5% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 4% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (South Gloucestershire 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 4% (South Gloucestershire 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (South Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (South Gloucestershire 0%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 2% (South Gloucestershire 0%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (South Gloucestershire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (South Gloucestershire 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

10.87 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · South Gloucestershire: 3.09 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

63.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,022; 18.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,999
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 16% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 10% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£394,478; in-year balance -£127,049

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier88.3%62.3%
Social housing5%17.1%
Privately rented6.7%20.5%
Detached houses31.5%22.9%
Flats3.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014903 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£410,000464 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£326,500–£495,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (84)£526,500
Semi-detached (208)£422,500
Terraced (138)£358,000
Flat (34)£187,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
14an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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