St Edmund's Catholic School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B79
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Portsmouth, PO1 1RX
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Ark Charter Academy
Hyde Park Road, Southsea, PO5 4HL
Local ranking7th of 11 secondary schools in Portsmouth
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 10 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 38.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 38.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 181
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 917
- Boys
- 481 (52%)
- Girls
- 436 (48%)
- Capacity
- 900 (102% full)
- SEND
- 21.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 61.7%
- EAL
- 38.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 18.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,612/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 41.3%
- Black African: 15.8%
- Other: 11.9%
- White Other: 9.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 8.1%
- Mixed Other: 4.3%
- Asian Other: 3.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.4%
41.3%
White British
15.8%
Black African
11.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hyde Park Road
Southsea, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 135965
- UKPRN
- 10027975
- Establishment No.
- 6905
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
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