St Edmund's Catholic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 34 33.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 33.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 18.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.15 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	39[5]	33.6%[5]
2023/24	38.1[3]	30.4%[3]	-0.15[3]
2022/23	37.2[6]	33%[6]	-0.26[6]
2021/22	35.7[7]	12%[7]	-0.73[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: E 2016/17[8]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[10]
School sixth form: 30% 2022/23[10]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[10]
Further education college: 52% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[10]
Employment: 4% 2022/23[10]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	88%[11]	10%[11]	0%[11]	70%[11]	3%[11]	4%[11]
2020/21	93%[12]	24%[12]	0%[12]	60%[12]	3%[12]	6%[12]
2019/20	88%[13]	28%[13]	0%[13]	56%[13]	0%[13]	3%[13]
2018/19	84%[14]	30%[14]	0%[14]	53%[14]	0%[14]	2%[14]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 71% 2018/19[15]
UK higher education: 14% 2018/19[15]
Education: 14% 2018/19[15]
Apprenticeship: 29% 2018/19[15]
Employment: 29% 2018/19[15]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2016/17	79%[16]	21%[16]	29%[16]	0%[16]	50%[16]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 29% 2017/18[17]
Top third of most selective universities: 0% 2017/18[17]
Russell Group universities: 0% 2017/18[17]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2017/18[17]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 12 Jul 2022[18]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[18]
Report published: 30 Sep 2022[18]
Personal development: Good[18]
Quality of education: Good[18]
Overall effectiveness: Good[18]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[18]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[18]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[18]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
2 Apr 2019[19]	Academy First Section 5[19]	Requires improvement[19]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.3 Entry Sept 2026[20]
Applications (any preference): 462 Entry Sept 2026[20]
First preferences: 136 Entry Sept 2026[20]
Places offered: 138 Entry Sept 2026[20]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[20]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	490[20]	145[20]	143[20]	3.4[20]	1.0[20]
Entry Sept 2024	471[20]	150[20]	149[20]	3.2[20]	1.0[20]
Entry Sept 2023	463[20]	153[20]	140[20]	3.3[20]	1.1[20]
Entry Sept 2022	325[20]	116[20]	138[20]	2.4[20]	0.8[20]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 600[1]
Trust: KENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: www.st-edmunds.com [1]
District: Dover [21]
Postcode: CT16 2QB[1]
URN: 141217[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 647 2024/25[22]
English as an additional language: 14.5% 2024/25[22]
SEN support: 23.7% 2024/25[22]
EHC plan: 4.3% 2024/25[22]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 41.7% 2024/25[22]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 88.2%[23]
Mixed: 5.6%[23]
Asian: 3.1%[23]
Black: 1.7%[23]
Any other ethnic group: 1.4%[23]
Unclassified: 0%[23]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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