St Augustine's Catholic College is a secondary academy in Trowbridge, United Kingdom with 912 pupils, part of Saint Augustine's Catholic College. Ofsted: Good, inspected 30 April 2024. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Safeguarding Team Lead (closes 20 November).
Head
Aidan Dowle, Headteacher
Trust or group
Saint Augustine's Catholic College
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
912 pupils · 50% girls · 14.1% eligible for free school meals · 24.2% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
90 (9.9%) on SEN support · 46 (5.0%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Working closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Headteacher, the postholder will oversee and support a team of Deputy DSLs, ensure robust safeguarding systems are…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
49.4
51.0%
2024/25
51.4
51.6%
2023/24
50.6
50.6%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
30 April 2024
Graded inspection
Good
10 November 2021
Graded inspection
Requires improvement
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
52.6
17.3
–
0
£52,036
2024/25
55.7
17.1
17%
0
£51,506
2023/24
54.5
17.7
14%
0
£49,560
2022/23
53.1
17.8
15%
0
£43,766
2021/22
59.2
16.1
16%
1
£42,577
2020/21
61.8
15.9
17%
0
£42,727
Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
60.0
16.7
5%
0
£41,398
2018/19
57.0
17.1
14%
1
£39,542
2017/18
58.1
16.4
13%
0
£37,855
2016/17
57.6
16.4
13%
0
£39,175
2015/16
59.0
16.0
14%
0
£38,374
2014/15
62.7
15.0
20%
0
£37,251
2013/14
62.6
15.2
10%
0
£36,787
2012/13
62.1
15.6
9%
0
£36,069
2011/12
58.9
16.7
11%
0
£36,342
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
7.8%
1.4%
19.7%
3.5%
2024/25
7.8%
1.5%
18.4%
4.6%
2023/24
7.5%
1.8%
22.7%
2.2%
2022/23
7.4%
2.3%
21.8%
1.3%
2021/22
9.6%
2.5%
30.1%
2.7%
2020/21
3.4%
0.4%
8.2%
0.4%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
5.2%
0.7%
11.6%
0.8%
2017/18
4.8%
0.6%
11.0%
0.4%
2016/17
5.1%
0.6%
10.7%
0.9%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
7 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 5 teaching, 2 support. Most often advertised: Behaviour Officer, Careers Coordinator, Cover Supervisor. Last advertised September 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.