St Edmund's Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 12 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
141217
Address
Old Charlton Road, CT16 2QB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
612 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
14.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.3%
Persistent absence
30.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.3%
Other White 10.9%
Mixed 4.6%
Gypsy/Roma 1.8%
Other Asian 1.1%
Other 1.1%
Indian 1%
African 0.8%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.2
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.07
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award20
Sports StudiesTechnical Award18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE18
ChemistryGCSE17
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE89
English LiteratureGCSE89
FrenchGCSE15
GeographyGCSE57
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Edmund's Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
149
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
150
2nd preference
169
3rd preference
107
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
137
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
146
62
84
Year 8
125
65
60
Year 9
118
57
61
Year 10
121
74
47
Year 11
102
49
53
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
60.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
24.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022