Saint Augustine's Catholic High School and Sixth Form is a

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High School in Hunt End in the town of

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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 Year 11 students achieved 5 or more standard passes at

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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

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. From a cohort of 104 students, 61 A*/A grades or equivalent were gained. A May 2017

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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

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Suite'. The opening was attended by the

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, the former MP for Redditch and former

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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 in the Lodge Park area of

. St. Bede's is the only

Middle

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. Students also come from Walkwood Middle School and Ridgeway Middle School.

Notable former pupils

* Alex Kennedy MC (b. 1991) - soldier, youngest person to be awarded the MC since the

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* Jack Montgomery (b. 1992) - actor * Missy Goodwin (b. 2003) - footballer, Leicester City W.F.C.

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 {{Worcestershire-school-stub