St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · North Yorkshire
Sandybed Lane, Scarborough, YO12 5LH
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
83%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.8%
19.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
610
Capacity used
Over capacity105%
580 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
83%
1st preference success rate
112 of 135 families who put it first got an offer
114
Places offered
303
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 135 | 112 | ● 83% |
| 2nd preference | 112 | 2 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 47 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 9 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 303 | 114 | 38% |
1st preference success by year
North Yorkshire lets families list 5 preferences. 8 applications came from outside the council area (4 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Rosa Flanagan
- Address
- Sandybed Lane, Stepney, Scarborough, YO12 5LH
- Phone
- 01723363280
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Ward / constituency
- Falsgrave & Stepney · Scarborough and Whitby
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 147212
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 12% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST CUTHBERT'S ROMAN CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
610 pupils · 580 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
18 October 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 620 pupils
Attendance
92.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.22 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 81% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.31 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 51.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 73.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 46.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.44 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 119 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 116 | 20% | 63% | 80% | |
| English Language | 116 | 17% | 59% | 81% | |
| Religious Studies | 116 | 19% | 51% | 63% | |
| English Literature | 116 | 13% | 59% | 82% | |
| Combined Science | 111 | 15% | 49% | 64% | |
| Geography | 64 | 22% | 50% | 73% | |
| History | 61 | 25% | 57% | 67% | |
| French | 38 | 13% | 71% | 84% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 35 | 11% | 31% | 43% | |
| Art and Design | 21 | 52% | 86% | 90% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 18 | 6% | 56% | 67% | |
| Design & Technology | 14 | 7% | 50% | 71% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through North Yorkshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.