St Edmund's Catholic School

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Portsmouth council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 416 families put this school as their first choice, and 238 places were offered. 234 of the families who put it first got a place (56%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 16 June 2022: School remains Outstanding.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Voluntary aided school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

1157 (capacity 1200)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Portsmouth (rc)

Phone

02392823766

Address

Arundel Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1RX

Website

saintedmunds.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports