Cowley International College
Community school · sixth form · 1,514 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.3
Academy sponsor led
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 549of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 50.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 79
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 3 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic High School (URN 104833, until 31 March 2022).
What the data says
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy has no sixth form. Of the 122 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 23% moved to a sixth form college, 53% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.6 against 46.1 across England and 41.8 in St. Helens, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in St. Helens and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | St. Helens | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 122 | 1,990 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 18% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 23% | 25% | 13% |
| — further education college | 53% | 37% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | St. Helens | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.6 | 41.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 36% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 9% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.45 | 3.59 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 43% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.0 | 30.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.0 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 10% | 5% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 79 | 100% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 71% |
| Mathematics | 79 | 100% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 59% |
| English Literature | 79 | 100% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 76% |
| Combined Science | 77 | 97% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 45% |
| Religious Studies | 77 | 97% | 31% | 13% | 32% | 38% |
| History | 58 | 73% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 53% |
| Art and Design | 18 | 23% | 7% | 28% | 24% | 100% |
| Graphic Communication | 18 | 23% | 1% | 17% | 23% | 94% |
| Design and Technology | 13 | 16% | 11% | 8% | 23% | 38% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 16% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 38% |
| Physical Education | 13 | 16% | 11% | 31% | 24% | 85% |
| Spanish | 11 | 14% | 19% | 18% | 27% | 73% |
| Geography | 10 | 13% | 41% | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| Music | 9 | 11% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 89% |
| Polish | 4 | 5% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Biology | 2 | 3% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Photography | 1 | 1% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 22 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in St. Helens
De La Salle School
Academy sponsor led · 1,180 pupils
85% stayed in education
Hope Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,235 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Outwood Academy Haydock
Academy sponsor led · 791 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.2
Rainford High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,646 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.6
Rainhill High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,535 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.