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Voluntary aided school · Portsmouth

St Edmund's Catholic School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,157Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 116505URN

Arundel Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1RX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded OutstandingFeb 2016
School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Jun 2022
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
0.9 above Portsmouth median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Portsmouth

700 applications for 238 places · 3rd of 10 in Portsmouth
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
56.0of 90
1st of 11 in Portsmouth
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded OutstandingFeb 2016
School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Jun 2022

Inspection history

  1. 16 June 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding
  2. 2 February 2016
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.9applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Portsmouth median (2.1) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

700 applications · 238 places offered · 416 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.9; Portsmouth median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.9; Portsmouth median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.8; Portsmouth median median 2.0
  4. 2023 2.5; Portsmouth median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.3; Portsmouth median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.5; Portsmouth median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.6; Portsmouth median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.8; Portsmouth median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.3; Portsmouth median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.2; Portsmouth median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.9; Portsmouth median median 1.7
  12. 2015 2.0; Portsmouth median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.8; Portsmouth median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Portsmouth median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Portsmouth median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262387002.94161.75
Sep 20252376782.94361.84
Sep 20242306432.84161.81
Sep 20232235562.53521.58
Sep 20222205042.33411.55
Sep 20212185482.53981.83
Sep 20202145462.63611.69
Sep 20192135872.83771.77
Sep 20182094752.33071.47
Sep 20172074522.22671.29
Sep 20162023851.92301.14
Sep 20152034032.02311.14
Sep 20141542721.81340.87

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

222 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)56.01st of 11 in Portsmouth
Grade 5 or above in English and maths64%1st of 11 in Portsmouth
Grade 4 or above in English and maths87%
  • This school
  • Portsmouth median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.66
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22256.064%87%–
2024/2522358.971%87%–
2023/2422955.669%87%+0.66
2022/2320152.561%84%+0.59

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
116505 · 851/5413
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,157 on roll
Free school meals
28.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Arundel Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1RX
Local authority
Portsmouth

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources