For other schools/colleges of the same name, see St. Augustine's (disambiguation)

St Augustine's RC High School is a mixed 11-16 oversubscribed comprehensive school

Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

 in Billington

Billington, Lancashire

Billington is a village in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire. It lies between the town of Whalley and the village of Langho. It forms part of the Billington and Langho civil parish and contains the schools St Augustine's RC High School, St Leonard's Primary and St Mary's Primary.- External...

, Lancashire

Lancashire

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, England

England

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. St Augustine's has a large catchment area of 10 primary schools.

History

The school opened in 1963 originally intaking 450 pupils. Its popularity has grown and it is now the largest RC High School in its LEA

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.

Curriculum at KS3

Subject	Allocated Time
RE	8%
English	12%
Mathematics	12%
Science	12%
History	8%
RMFL	10%
PE/ Games	8%
Art	4%
ICT	4%
Geography	8%
Music	4%
Design Technology	6%
Drama	2%
PSHE	2%

Curriculum at KS4

Every student must take Maths and English along with either Double Award Science, or separate sciences. These are allocated 3 slots per week. Although St Augustines is a specialist language college, learning a language is not obligatory. Pupils must select more courses in order to fill the time table. Each non-core subject takes up 2 periods per week on the time table.

Senior Staff

• Anthony McNamara, Head Teacher
• Christopher Horrocks, Deputy Head Teacher (pastoral care)
• Angela Wilkinson, Deputy Head Teacher (curriculum)
• Helen Holt, Assistant Head
• Catherine Hughes-Gooding, Assistant Head.

Uniform

The main school uniform consists of:

Item	Boys	Girls
Blazer	Black (maroon jumpers for year 11s)	Black (maroon jumpers for year 11s)
Shirt	Light Blue	Light Blue
Tie	striped in maroon, black and white	striped in maroon, black and white
Lower Part	Black Trousers	Grey Skirt
Socks	Black	White
Shoes	Plain Black	Plain Black

• Maroon V-neck pullovers optional during autumn/winter term (Years 7-10)*

Lessons

There are many different subjects taught at St Augustine's. In year 9, options are taken for pupils to choose their own subjects. All subjects are taken in years 7-9.

• English - split into English Language and English Literature in year 9.
• Mathematics
• Science - in year 9 pupils can opt for 'triple science' (biology, chemistry and physics) or 'Science' (a grouping of all three)
• Modern Foreign Languages - split into French, German and Spanish. In Year 9, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Simplified Chinese can by taken
• Art
• Resistant Materials
• Electronics
• Textiles
• Food Technology
• Graphic Design
• Music
• Information Computer Technology (ICT)
• History - splits into pre 20th century and 20th century at year 9
• Geography
• Drama
• Religious Education
• Physical Education
• PHSE

At GCSE level, pupils can also have 'study periods', which are free periods to catch up on work.

Also year 8 now take options they choose one subject (music, drama, P.E and technology subjects) and all pupils must take one language (french, italian, german or spanish)

Attainment

Year	5 A* - C	5 A* - C inc. Maths and English
2004	60%	NA
2005	71%	NA
2006	72%	58%
2007	76%	63%
2008	74%	61%

St Augustine's won the DfES School Achievement Award for both 2000–2001 and 2001–2002. It was the only high school in Lancashire
to be awarded Beacon status in 2002. In 2003 it became one of the first Leading Edge Schools in England and one of Lancashire’s
first three Specialist Science Colleges. In 2008 it achieved High Performing Specialist College status and was also awarded Specialist Languages College status.

External links

• St Augustine's Official Website