St. Augustine's Catholic College is a

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

academy

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

Trowbridge Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England; situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, close to the border with Somerset. The town lies south-east of Bath, Somerset, Bath, south-west of Swindon and south-east of Brist ...

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to ...

, England, with a

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for years 12 and 13. The school opened on its current site in the western suburbs of Trowbridge in 1967. Formerly a

voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school (VA school) is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust (usually a religious organisation) contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school. In m ...

, it became an

academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

in September 2011. Following an inspection by Ofsted in November 2021, the school's assessment was 'requires improvement' in all categories. This was its first inspection after converting to an academy; the academy inherited an 'outstanding' rating from its predecessor and was therefore exempt from inspection for some time. The 2021 report stated that pupils "feel safe, attend punctually and behave well in lessons," but noted that "the curriculum is not planned or taught well enough for students to achieve as well as they should."

Notable people

* Danielle Jalowiecka, radio presenter and musician * Sam Otto, actor * Danny Talbot, athlete * Will Thorp, actor

References

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Ofsted reports
Trowbridge Academies in Wiltshire Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Clifton Educational institutions established in 1955 1955 establishments in England Secondary schools in Wiltshire {{Wiltshire-school-stub