St Augustine Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 35 35.4 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 35.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 23.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 3.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.80 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	35.1[5]	20.1%[5]
2023/24	36.2[3]	27.1%[3]	-0.80[3]
2022/23	37.3[6]	24%[6]	-0.43[6]
2021/22	42[7]	32%[7]	-0.43[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: E 2014/15[8]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade
2013/14	E+[10]
2012/13	E+[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 82% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form: 27% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[12]
Further education college: 44% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[12]
Employment: 7% 2022/23[12]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	91%[13]	35%[13]	0%[13]	47%[13]	1%[13]	7%[13]
2020/21	90%[14]	28%[14]	0%[14]	51%[14]	6%[14]	4%[14]
2019/20	87%[15]	29%[15]	0%[15]	49%[15]	1%[15]	6%[15]
2018/19	90%[16]	20%[16]	0%[16]	60%[16]	5%[16]	4%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 81% 2013/14[17]
UK higher education: 48% 2013/14[17]
Education: 59% 2013/14[17]
Employment: 22% 2013/14[17]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 3 Mar 2026[18]
Type: S5 Inspection[18]
Report published: 8 May 2026[18]
Inclusion: Expected standard[18]
Achievement: Needs attention[18]
Safeguarding standards: Met[18]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[18]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[18]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[18]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[18]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
12 Jul 2023[19]	S5 Inspection[19]	Requires improvement[19]
20 Feb 2018[20]	S5 Inspection[20]	Good[20]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.0 Entry Sept 2026[21]
Applications (any preference): 344 Entry Sept 2026[21]
First preferences: 59 Entry Sept 2026[21]
Places offered: 170 Entry Sept 2026[21]
First preferences per place: 0.3 Entry Sept 2026[21]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	392[21]	93[21]	155[21]	2.5[21]	0.6[21]
Entry Sept 2024	501[21]	101[21]	147[21]	3.4[21]	0.7[21]
Entry Sept 2023	498[21]	115[21]	185[21]	2.7[21]	0.6[21]
Entry Sept 2022	422[21]	121[21]	160[21]	2.6[21]	0.8[21]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 750[1]
Trust: WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: http://www.saa.woodard.co.uk/[1]
District: Maidstone [22]
Postcode: ME16 8AE[1]
URN: 136923[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 736 2024/25[23]
English as an additional language: 12.2% 2024/25[23]
SEN support: 17.1% 2024/25[23]
EHC plan: 4.5% 2024/25[23]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 34.2% 2024/25[23]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 74.3%[24]
Mixed: 7.1%[24]
Asian: 4.8%[24]
Black: 6.7%[24]
Any other ethnic group: 1.2%[24]
Unclassified: 5.9%[24]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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