St Edmund's Catholic School
Ofsted: School remains OutstandingVoluntary aided school · Secondary
Portsmouth · PO1 1RX · Portsmouth
Ages 11–16
- Att855.6
- P80.7
- EM5+69%
- Absence4.8%
0.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 141175
Priory School
Academy sponsor led · Southsea · PO4 0DL
Ages 11–16 · 1,278 pupils · Portsmouth
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
40.3
Overall absence
10.5%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-11-22
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.55
−20+2
Attainment 840.3
English & maths grade 5+34%
English & maths grade 4+55%
EBacc entry29%
EBacc APS: 3.6
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)28.0%
Unauthorised4.4%
- Authorised absence
- 6.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 6.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,291
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill102%
1,278 pupils · 1,250 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,278
- Boys / girls
- 653 / 625
- School capacity
- 1,250
- Capacity fill
- 1,278 / 1,250 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 35.2%
- FSM pupils
- 450
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Bohunt Education Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Stewart Vaughan
Location
- Address
- Fawcett Road
- Postcode
- PO4 0DL
- Town
- Southsea
- County
- Hampshire
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- District
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Southsea, Portsmouth, 1,278 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 35.2%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Ark Charter Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Southsea · PO5 4HL · Portsmouth
Ages 11–16
- Att840.6
- P8-0.3
- EM5+35%
- Absence11.1%
0.5 miles away
The Portsmouth Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Portsmouth · PO1 5PF · Portsmouth
Ages 11–16
- Att834.8
- P8-1.1
- EM5+25%
- Absence12.4%
0.6 miles away
Miltoncross Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Portsmouth · PO3 6RB · Portsmouth
Ages 11–16
- Att834.6
- P8-0.6
- EM5+22%
- Absence13.3%
0.8 miles away
Admiral Lord Nelson School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Portsmouth · PO3 5XT · Portsmouth
Ages 11–16
- Att841.3
- P8-0.3
- EM5+36%
- Absence9.1%
1.9 miles away
UTC Portsmouth
Ofsted: Strong standardUniversity technical college · Secondary
Portsmouth · PO2 9DU · Portsmouth
Ages 14–19
- Att849.2
- P8-0.5
- EM5+57%
- Absence7.2%
2.5 miles away
Trafalgar School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Portsmouth · PO2 9RJ · Portsmouth
Ages 11–16
- Att837.8
- P8-0.2
- EM5+23%
- Absence9.9%
2.5 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Stewart Vaughan
- Telephone
- 02392819115