St Edmund's Catholic School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Kent
Old Charlton Road, Dover, CT16 2QB
54
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 12/07/2022
Application demand
84%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.2%
29.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
644
Capacity used
Over capacity107%
600 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
84%
1st preference success rate
122 of 145 families who put it first got an offer
143
Places offered
490
Total applications
3.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 145 | 122 | ● 84% |
| 2nd preference | 194 | 20 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 107 | 1 | ● 1% |
| 4th preference | 44 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 490 | 143 | 29% |
1st preference success by year
Kent lets families list 4 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Grainne Parsons
- Address
- Old Charlton Road, Dover, CT16 2QB
- Phone
- 01304201551
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Buckland · Dover and Deal
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 141217
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 44% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 14% | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: KENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP
644 pupils · 600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
12 July 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 670 pupils
Attendance
90.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
29.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 38.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.15 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 30% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 55% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.27 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 33.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 58.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 23.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 110 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 108 | 10% | 43% | 64% | |
| English Literature | 108 | 8% | 43% | 69% | |
| Mathematics | 107 | 5% | 43% | 66% | |
| Religious Studies | 106 | 8% | 28% | 49% | |
| Combined Science | 96 | 1% | 22% | 45% | |
| History | 68 | 9% | 26% | 43% | |
| Geography | 52 | 8% | 21% | 40% | |
| Art and Design | 45 | 4% | 31% | 71% | |
| Drama | 19 | 5% | 42% | 53% | |
| French | 19 | 0% | 21% | 26% | |
| Biology | 12 | 8% | 33% | 42% | |
| Physics | 11 | 9% | 36% | 45% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kent council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.