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St Augustine Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 673Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 136923URN

Oakwood Road, Maidstone, ME16 8AE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
1.1 below Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

344 applications for 170 places · 89th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
35.4of 90
89th of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 March 2026Published 8 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 3 March 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 12 July 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.0applications per place, Year 7
1.1 below Kent median (3.1) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

344 applications · 170 places offered · 59 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.5; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 3.4; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 2.7; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 2.6; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 3.5; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 3.4; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 3.8; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 3.4; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 3.3; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 3.6; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 3.0; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 3.4; Kent median median 3.1
  • This school
  • Kent median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261703442.0590.35
Sep 20251553922.5930.60
Sep 20241475013.41010.69
Sep 20231854982.71150.62
Sep 20221604222.61210.76
Sep 20211515333.5930.62
Sep 20201555333.41350.87
Sep 20191565933.81631.04
Sep 20181575393.41310.83
Sep 20171484913.31190.80
Sep 20161475273.61280.87
Sep 20151494493.01130.76
Sep 20141224173.4850.70

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

117 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)35.489th of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths24%80th of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths51%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.80
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)11735.424%51%–
2024/2514935.120%46%–
2023/2414036.227%50%−0.80
2022/2315337.324%52%−0.43

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136923 · 886/4000
Trust
Woodard Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
750 pupils · 673 on roll
Free school meals
35.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
The Astor of Hever Community School (URN 118795)
Address
Oakwood Road, Maidstone, ME16 8AE
Local authority
Kent · Maidstone

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources