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**St Augustine's RC High School**
	St Augustine's RC High School
Mottoes	Fidei Heredes
Established	1963
Type	Voluntary Aided
Religion	Roman Catholic
Headteacher	Mr Anthony McNamara
Chair of Governors	Rev Fr Willoughby
Specialisms	Languages
Location	Elker Lane; Billington; Lancashire; England
LEA	Lancashire County Council
Ofsted number	119801
Students	1060
Gender	mixed
Ages	11 to 16
Colours	Maroon
Website	Official website

Coordinates: 53°48′58″N 2°25′37″W / 53.816°N 2.427°W / 53.816; -2.427

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 in Billington, Lancashire, England. St Augustine's has a large catchment area of 10 primary schools.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Curriculum

[edit] 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%

[edit] 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.

[edit] Senior Staff

Anthony McNamara Head Teacher
Chris Horrocks Deputy Head Teacher
Zen Ciezerack Assistant Head Teacher

[edit] 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.

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