St Augustine Academy is a non-selective 11-16 school in Maidstone who is dedicated to fostering excellence in education. We pride ourselves on our supportive community, innovative teaching methods, and commitment to the personal development of both students and staff.

Our Christian Ethos helps to make our school a thoughtful community and we are welcoming, positive and open to pupils and staff of all faiths and none.

Our Academy has a calm purposeful atmosphere. We strive to broaden horizons and challenge our students to achieve their potential. We offer a rigorous academic curriculum, a strong behaviour policy.

We are committed to continual CPD and a positive work life balance for staff. We offer additional training days, support staff to complete additional qualifications and remove unnecessary workload.

We are one of six Academies which make up the Woodard Academies Trust (WAT). WAT is part of the Woodard family of schools. Created by founder Nathaniel Woodard in 1848, Woodard is the largest group of independent Church of England schools in England and Wales. Woodard Academies Trust and Woodard Schools share a common ethos and vision: to inspire young people to make a difference.

Our ethos reflects our deep commitment to delivering an outstanding education to the students we teach. We prioritise inclusion and value individuals, and excel in delivering pastoral care and personalised learning paths for our students. Our aim is to offer students not only a first-class education, but also to teach them life skills that will provide benefits beyond their time with us. We believe that our academies should enrich the communities they serve and play an active role in their development.

Wellbeing is important to us, please see our latest wellbeing initiatives below:

• Every Morning – Gym available from 6.45AM with private staff showering facilities
• Every Evening - Gym available from 3.30PM until 5.30PM
• Staff Sport – Currently Badminton club each Wednesday
• Knit and Natter – 3-4PM in the Library on a Wednesday or Thursday (TBC)
• Every Friday – Staff Breakfast in the Food Room (£3 charge – Book in advance)
• The ‘Wellbeing team’ are available should they wish to speak to someone (Support etc)
• Postcards that colleagues can complete and give to one another to recognise good work (Post in the box in staffroom)
• Love hearts were given to each member of staff with a little card saying ‘Have a wonderful HT’.
• End of term complimentary breakfast
• Staff Christmas meal in canteen before this Christmas break, which included a raffle
• £2,000 Recruitment/Retention bonus offered on some positions