Academics
The school is a voluntary aided comprehensive school.
There are currently a wide ranch of subjects to choose from once a pupil reaches year 10, these include History, Modern Languages, Art, Drama, Geography, Health and Social Care and Leisure and Tourism. Pupils will choose 3 subjects to follow their core courses (English, Maths, Science, ICT, RE, PSHE and Citizenship).
The school uses a housing system, akin to most other schools in the UK. Each house is named after a Catholic charity: Nugent (White), L'Arche (Yellow), SVP (Green) and CAFOD (Red).
On the last day before half term, St Augustine's received a framed certificate from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust to acknowledge their achievement in consistently improving 5+A*-C results from 2006-2009.
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