St Edmund's Catholic School

State-Funded School

st-edmunds-catholic-school-portsmouth-south-east

South EastRegion

PortsmouthLocal Authority

Portsmouth SouthConstituency

PO1 1RXPostcode

9.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Edmund's Catholic School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Portsmouth, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,157 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 58.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 70.9%
EBacc average point score: 5.42

Ethnicity

White

58%

Asian

Black

21%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,157

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

48%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 1,157
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 16 June 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
29 Feb 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.