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St Augustine's Catholic High School

Secondary · Redditch · B97 5LX

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 16 April 2024

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At a glance

995 pupils · 99% of 1,005 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
13–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
14% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
22.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.sta.magnificat.org.uk
URN
141063

In figures

Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 16 April 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2.42 miles for 2021 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 9

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.42 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Non-Catholic - attending a CE feeder school
1.203 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

229 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
47.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
76.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
46.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.1
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C
29.1
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school47.3
Median of its 12 closest peers53.2
Worcestershire average44.5
England46.1

On attainment 8, 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.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic CollegeWorcester · 13 miles awayExpected standard53.1
Bishop Ramsey Church of England SchoolRuislip · 81 miles awayGood56
Chislehurst School for GirlsChislehurst · 105 miles awayGood50.3
Chesterton Community CollegeCambridge · 87 miles awayOutstanding68
Hagley Catholic High SchoolHagley · 13 miles awayGood50.3
St Mary's Catholic SchoolBishop's Stortford · 93 miles awayGood57.6
Emerson Park AcademyHornchurch · 105 miles awayExpected standard44.7
All Saints Church of England AcademyStockton-on-Tees · 157 miles awayGood54.6
The Castle SchoolTaunton · 100 miles awayOutstanding53.4
Clayton Hall AcademyNewcastle-under-Lyme · 51 miles awayGood45.8
Light Hall SchoolSolihull · 10 miles awayGood49.9
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High SchoolLeeds · 109 miles awayGood58

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 64% (Worcestershire 79%, England 59%) · Any other White background 11% (Worcestershire 6%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 7% (Worcestershire 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 5% (Worcestershire 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Worcestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Worcestershire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Worcestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Worcestershire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Worcestershire 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Worcestershire 1%, England 3%) · other groups together 2%

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)
6.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

9.11 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Worcestershire: 13.26 suspensions and 0.23 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
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

74.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 7 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 £56,333; 13.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,710
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 13% (11%) · educational supplies 9% (6%) · bought-in professional services 3% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£508,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
97%
Continuing in education
91%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
3%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
48%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
33%
Any sustained destination
91%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

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 qualifications12.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.6%62.3%
Social housing8.5%17.1%
Privately rented7%20.5%
Detached houses65.3%22.9%
Flats7.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms54.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032230 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£262,500249 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£205,000–£390,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (87)£426,000
Semi-detached (60)£265,000
Terraced (85)£210,000
Flat (17)£150,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 9 cutoff distance (3.90 km, 2021 entry): 2,115 sales, median £265,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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