St Edmund's Catholic School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Portsmouth
Arundel Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1RX
79
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
53%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.6%
7.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,157
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
53%
1st preference success rate
233 of 436 families who put it first got an offer
237
Places offered
678
Total applications
2.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 436 | 233 | ● 53% |
| 2nd preference | 159 | 3 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 57 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 26 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 678 | 237 | 35% |
1st preference success by year
Portsmouth lets families list 6 preferences. 56 applications came from outside the council area (32 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Simon Graham
- Address
- Arundel Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1RX
- Phone
- 02392823766
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Ward / constituency
- Charles Dickens · Portsmouth South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116505
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 28% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 46% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,157 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
16 June 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,160 pupils
Attendance
95.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
7.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 55.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.66 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 87% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.02 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 58.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 70.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 86.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 64.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.42 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 223 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 223 | 35% | 76% | 87% | |
| English Language | 223 | 30% | 72% | 90% | |
| English Literature | 222 | 27% | 77% | 92% | |
| Religious Studies | 221 | 38% | 81% | 90% | |
| Combined Science | 162 | 14% | 51% | 75% | |
| Social Studies | 124 | 35% | 76% | 85% | |
| Geography | 120 | 28% | 65% | 77% | |
| History | 105 | 40% | 76% | 84% | |
| Art and Design | 104 | 20% | 63% | 80% | |
| Spanish | 78 | 37% | 73% | 88% | |
| Biology | 61 | 43% | 98% | 100% | |
| Physics | 60 | 63% | 93% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Portsmouth council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.