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St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy

Secondary · Scarborough · YO12 5LH

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 18 October 2023

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At a glance

610 pupils · 105% of 580 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
21.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.sasyorks.org/
URN
147212

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 169 families named it first for 115 Year 7 places, 1.47 first choices per place. We hold one Year 7 admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 18 October 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.47 first-choice applications per place

115 places offered · 169 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criteria 8
3.581 miles

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
48.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
73.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
51.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.4
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.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school48.9
Median of its 12 closest peers46
North Yorkshire average47.1
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of 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
Breckland SchoolBrandon · 134 miles awayGood42.4
St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive SchoolLondon · 196 miles awayGood60.6
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England CollegeHeywood · 87 miles awayExpected standard43.4
St Columba's Catholic Boys' SchoolBexleyheath · 196 miles awayNo current grade51.4
The Island Free SchoolVentnor · 256 miles awayGood51
De La Salle SchoolBasildon · 190 miles awayGood41.8
Sybil Andrews AcademyBury St. Edmunds · 149 miles awayGood49.5
The Lacon Childe SchoolKidderminster · 156 miles awayRequires improvement45.8
Elstree Screen Arts AcademyBorehamwood · 181 miles awayOutstanding39.1
Priory AcademyDunstable · 165 miles awayGood46.2
Caistor Yarborough AcademyMarket Rasen · 54 miles awayExpected standard43.8
Sir John Talbot's SchoolWhitchurch · 129 miles awayGood46.8

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 68% (North Yorkshire 85%, England 59%) · Any other White background 13% (North Yorkshire 4%, England 7%) · Black African 5% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 4% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

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)
7.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

8.92 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Yorkshire: 26.68 suspensions and 0.17 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
17.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 6% 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)

76.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.3 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 £51,802; 12.2% 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£7,393
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (6%) · supplies and services 7% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 5% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £196,000; in-year balance +£393,000

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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
95%
Continuing in education
83%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
8%

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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26%18.1%
Residents in very good health34.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier49.7%62.3%
Social housing38.3%17.1%
Privately rented11.7%20.5%
Detached houses34.7%22.9%
Flats28%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms20.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van31.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027824 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£150,000295 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£120,000–£228,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (53)£342,000
Semi-detached (71)£200,000
Terraced (118)£129,000
Flat (53)£110,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth 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
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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