Secondary school

St Edmund's Catholic School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Kent
  • CT16 2QB
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jul 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,717 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 83%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 79%79%2016/17: top 94%2017/18: top 95%2018/19: top 98%2021/22: top 96%2022/23: top 89%2023/24: top 86%2024/25: top 83%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 839 · South East 463/10 Below+16.2 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths33.6% · South East 44.8%3/10 Below+25.9 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.28 · South East 4.032/10 Well below South East+14.8 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.15 · South East +0.014/10 Below+19.9 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry · 2018/19Not enough data · South East 31.8Suppressed in 2018/19 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.3 · 139 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 36.2 · 111 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 34.8 · 95 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 33.1 · 64 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 35.7 · 101 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 37.2 · 90 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 38.1 · 102 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 39 · 110 pupils · South East 4645.333.1No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 19% · 111 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 21% · 95 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 17% · 64 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 12% · 101 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 33% · 90 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 30.4% · 102 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 33.6% · 110 pupils · South East 44.8%33.6%12%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 14.27 · 29 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 10 · 6 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: withheld (2 pupils)2018/19: withheld14.2710No exams

Not published 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25Withheld 2017/18, 2018/19

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in85.3%
116 of 136 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 85.3%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st136116
2nd18916
3rd1004

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Inadequateas predecessor
  4. 2014Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2019Requires improvement
  6. 2022Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026644
Free school meals (past 6 years)41.7%
First language not English14.5%
SEN support23.6%
EHC plan4.3%
Absence (sessions missed)9.8%
Persistently absent pupils29.1%

Girls 50.5%Boys 49.5%

107.3% full · 600 places · 5 in sixth form (2018/19)

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.1
Pupils per adult10.8
  • Classroom teachers 33.3
  • Leadership 6.8
  • Teaching assistants 12.4
  • Other support 19.6

Teachers 40.1 FTE · Whole workforce 72.1 · 78 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,394
Spend per pupil£7,454
Staff spend per pupil£5,977
Reserve per pupil£412
  • +£267,000revenue reserve
  • +£609,000in-year balance

Grants £8,279 · self-generated £114 · premises £290 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: KENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP (30 academies) · trust reserve £7,947,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

102 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained88.2%
  • Education86.3%
  • Apprenticeship2%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained10.8%
  • Unknown1%