Saint Augustine's Catholic High School and Sixth Form is a
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High School in
Hunt End
Hunt End is a district of Redditch in Worcestershire, England.
Saint Augustine's Catholic High School is in Hunt End, it is the only Catholic
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in the town of
Redditch
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,
Worcestershire
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, England. The school was opened in 1974. The school converted to
academy status on 1 July 2014.
The school is part of the three tier system, serving as the High School stage, teaching children from the ages of 13–18 (Yr9 to Yr13). In 2019, 77% of the
Yr11 students achieved 5 or more standard passes at
GCSE
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, including Mathematics and English. 88% of students achieved a standard pass in English (grade 4) whilst 75% achieved a strong pass (grade 5). 81% of students gained a standard pass in Mathematics (grade 4) and 64% a strong pass (grade 5). Students achieved 100%, 9-4 grades in the subjects of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Polish. 96% of Sixth Form students gained 3 or more
A levels
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. From a cohort of 104 students, 61 A*/A grades or equivalent were gained.
A May 2017
Ofsted
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Inspection rated the school as outstanding.
A March 2019
Section 48 Inspection by the Archdiocese of Birmingham, graded the school as outstanding in all three categories of Catholic Life, Religious Education and Collective Worship.
The school has a Maths Block named 'The
Canterbury
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...
Suite'. The opening was attended by the
Jacqui Smith
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, the former
MP for Redditch and former
Home Secretary
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.
St. Augustine's is the oldest continuously operating High School in Redditch, and the name has remained unchanged since it was opened in September 1974.
Feeder schools
The majority of students come from
St. Bede's Catholic Middle School
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in the
Lodge Park area of
Redditch
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. St. Bede's is the only
Catholic
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Middle
School
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in
Redditch
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. Students also come from
Walkwood Middle School and
Ridgeway Middle School.
Notable former pupils
*
Missy Goodwin, footballer
*
Alex Kennedy, soldier
*
Jack Montgomery, actor
References
External links
School website
Upper schools in Worcestershire
Redditch
Educational institutions established in 1974
1974 establishments in England
Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Birmingham
Academies in Worcestershire
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