St Augustine Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Kent council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Kent's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 59 families put this school as their first choice, and 170 places were offered. 59 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:

• Football Fun Camp Maidstone, holiday club. Ofsted report

Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 3 March 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Needs attention

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 12 July 2023. Overall: Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

673 (capacity 750)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

Diocese

Diocese of Canterbury

Academy trust

WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST

Phone

01622752490

Address

Oakwood Road, Maidstone, ME16 8AE

Website

saa.woodard.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports