St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Poole, BH15 3HY
- Distance
- 1.9km away
St Aldhelm's Academy
Herbert Avenue, Poole, BH12 4HS
Local ranking23rd of 24 secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ofsted: Needs attention
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Placed in a category of concern: Requires significant improvement.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 33.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 21.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 44.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 13.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 156
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 841
- Boys
- 447 (53%)
- Girls
- 394 (47%)
- Capacity
- 900 (93% full)
- SEND
- 23.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.8%
- EAL
- 17.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.0%
- SEN Support
- 18.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,528/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 73.5%
- White Other: 9.2%
- Black African: 3.6%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- Other: 2.4%
- Asian Indian: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
73.5%
White British
9.2%
White Other
3.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Herbert Avenue
Poole, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136206
- UKPRN
- 10030945
- Establishment No.
- 6907
- Trust
- AUTHENTIC EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED
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