St Edmund's Catholic School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B80
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Portsmouth, PO1 1RX
- Distance
- 1.0km away
The Portsmouth Academy
St Mary's Road, Portsmouth, PO1 5PF
Local ranking9th of 11 secondary schools in Portsmouth
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1150
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 27 April 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 34.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 24.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 39.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 236
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1243
- Boys
- 597 (50%)
- Girls
- 606 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1150 (105% full)
- SEND
- 10.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 55.8%
- EAL
- 30.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 6.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 74.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,997/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 55.8%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 10.7%
- Black African: 7.9%
- White Other: 7.2%
- Asian Other: 3.9%
- Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.7%
55.8%
White British
10.7%
Asian Bangladeshi
7.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
St Mary's Road
Portsmouth, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 139714
- UKPRN
- 10041993
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
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