St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · St. Helens
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From St Helens Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy is a secondary school in St. Helens for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic 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 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 2 of the 7 other St. Helens secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 in 2026: 84 first-choice applications for 96 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the lowest of 8 St. Helens secondary schools.
- 2024/25: 28% reached grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, lowest among this school and 6 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in St. Helens that have results.
- The school has 14.9 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in St. Helens is 16.9.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other St. Helens schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Boardmans Lane, Blackbrook, St. Helens, WA11 9BB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 549 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to attend this school.”
- “They embrace the school’s values of aspiration, belief and compassion.”
- “For example, pupils spoke about an increase in kindness towards one another.”
To improve
- “Those outcomes are a legacy of a weaker curriculum and poorer behaviour.”
- “That said, some of the information given to staff does not help them to give these pupils the support that they need.”
- “For instance, some learning is not adapted well enough to meet the needs of some pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 January 2025 (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) | 28% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.6 | 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: 84 first-preference applications, 96 offers in total, 84 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 St. Helens.
- St. Cuthbert's Catholic Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Haydock 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cowley International College 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Sutton Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- De La Salle School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hope Academy 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rainhill High School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Rainford High School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published