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St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,117Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 149457URN

Elker Lane, Billington, Elker Lane, Billington, Clitheroe, BB7 9JA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
close to Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

545 applications for 214 places · 41st of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.0of 90
38th of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 6 December 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
2.6applications per place, Year 7
close to Lancashire median (2.5) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

545 applications · 214 places offered · 199 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.8; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, Billington (URN 119801), the previous school.

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 20262145452.61990.93
Sep 20252075752.81900.92
Sep 20242385992.52421.02
Sep 20232385952.52360.99
Sep 2022 *2135502.62201.03
Sep 2021 *2155822.72331.08
Sep 2020 *2146012.82481.16
Sep 2019 *2165862.72491.15
Sep 2018 *2155912.82381.11
Sep 2017 *2155602.62461.14
Sep 2016 *2025182.62181.08
Sep 2015 *2055162.52351.15
Sep 2014 *2054822.42401.17

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

205 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.038th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%45th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.19
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20545.039%65%–
2024/2521644.942%66%–
2023/2423148.247%70%+0.19
2022/23 *21246.347%72%−0.16

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

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  • 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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
149457 · 888/4725
Trust
Romero Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,075 pupils · 1,117 on roll
Free school meals
15.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2022
Replaced
St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, Billington (URN 119801)
Address
Elker Lane, Billington, Elker Lane, Billington, Clitheroe, BB7 9JA
Local authority
Lancashire · Ribble Valley

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