St Augustine Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Augustine Academy is a secondary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Augustine Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths: 20% in 2024/25 (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
- In 2026 Year 7 had 59 first-choice applications for 170 offers: 0.3 first choices per offer, the lowest of 99 Kent secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a place for Year 7 in 2026, and 111 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 35.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent is 13.1%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Oakwood Road, Maidstone, ME16 8AE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 673 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to the St Augustine Academy family.”
- “They are warmly welcomed each morning by caring staff who have high aspirations for them.”
- “This is a happy place to be where pupils feel a real sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “However, this is not reflected in pupils' achievement in national examinations at the end of Year 11.”
- “They have plans in place to address the variation in practice that exists in some curriculum areas.”
- “However, there is less precision in how well leaders check the impact of the support given to disadvantaged pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 20% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 59 first-preference applications, 170 offers in total, 59 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Oakwood Park Grammar School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Simon Stock Catholic School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Maplesden Noakes School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Maidstone Grammar School for Girls 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Maidstone Grammar School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Invicta Grammar School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Valley Park School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- School of Science and Technology Maidstone 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published