St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

Secondary Academy Clitheroe 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Good 📊 Attainment 8: 44.9

St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Clitheroe, Lancashire County Council, teaching 1,117 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in December 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 44.9 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 16 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy.

Latest inspection
Good Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
S5 Inspection · Inspected 6 Dec 2023 · Published 21 Jan 2024
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy.

St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3 Autumn Term starts (Year 7 & 11 return)
  • 4 Autumn Term continues (Years 8–10 return)
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19 Autumn Term ends (12:30 finish)
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 6–31 Spring Term (First Half)
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 1–13 Spring Term (First Half)
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
  • 23–28 Spring Term (Second Half, ends 12:30)
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–27 Spring Term (Second Half, ends 12:30)
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 13–30 Summer Term (First Half)
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–22 Summer Term (First Half)
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday (School closed)
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Summer Term (Second Half, ends 12:30)
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–16 Summer Term (Second Half, ends 12:30)
  • 17 Summer Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Autumn Term starts (Year 7 & 11 return) Sep 3, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Term continues (Years 8–10 return) Sep 4, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term ends (12:30 finish) Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term (First Half) Jan 6 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term (Second Half, ends 12:30) Feb 23 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term (First Half) Apr 13 - May 22, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday (School closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term (Second Half, ends 12:30) Jun 1 - Jul 16, 2026 Term
  • Summer Holiday Jul 17 - Early Sep, 2026 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
44.9 Attainment 8 England 46.1
42.1% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
22.3% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy with Lancashire County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 44.9 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Lancashire County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 44.9
Lancashire County Council 45.1 England 46.1 -1.2 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 42.1%
Lancashire County Council 43.5% England 45.4% -3.3 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 26.7
Lancashire County Council 32.7 England 34.9 -8.2 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 21.6
Lancashire County Council 16.6 England 15.5 +6.1 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 15.7%
Lancashire County Council 25.6% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 216
Attendance 22.3% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Lancashire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 22.3%
Lancashire County Council 17.1% England 17.8% +4.5 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 8.2%
Lancashire County Council 6.5% England 6.8% +1.4 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 94% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Lancashire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 94%
Lancashire County Council 90% England 92% +2 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 91%
Lancashire County Council 79% England 83% +8 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.