St Edmund's Catholic School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Portsmouth
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.510 miles
Published by Portsmouth City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
St Edmund's Catholic School is a secondary school in Portsmouth for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 16 June 2022. Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Edmund's Catholic School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.510 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 0.728 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 0.971 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.318 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 1.013 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 0.971 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 0.652 mi |
| Year 7 2019 | 0.237 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 0.926 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last distance offered was 0.510 miles, the shortest of the 5 Portsmouth secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 416 first-choice applications for 238 offers, 1.7 first choices per offer, the highest of 9 Portsmouth secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 234 offers went to first-choice families, 182 first-choice families (44%) were not offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Portsmouth.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Portsmouth schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Arundel Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1RX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 1,157 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 16 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are thriving at this school.”
- “They enjoy an excellent all-round education.”
- “Pupils achieve highly in the subjects they study and grow into confident and responsible individuals.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 71% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 58.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 416 first-preference applications, 238 offers in total, 234 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Portsmouth.
- Ark Charter Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Priory School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Portsmouth Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Miltoncross Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Admiral Lord Nelson School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Trafalgar School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- UTC Portsmouth 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Springfield School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published