St Edmund's Catholic School
Voluntary aided school in Portsmouth, PO1 1RX, taking ages 11 to 16, 1,157 on roll.
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In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.51 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
How this compares: every Portsmouth school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 0.51 miles, the distance the school admitted from in the latest published year.
St Edmund's Catholic School: 0.51 miles Ark Charter Academy: 1.1 miles, published by Portsmouth
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When St Edmund's Catholic School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
Source: Portsmouth, published admission distances
Where St Edmund's Catholic School and Ark Charter Academy are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Ark Charter Academy admitted from 1.1 miles in the latest published year, published by Portsmouth. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is PO1 at £83,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From St Edmund's Catholic School | From Ark Charter Academy | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PO1 | Portsmouth | 0.2 mi | 0.2 mi | £83,000 10 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to St Edmund's Catholic School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ark Charter Academy Both in reach | Secondary | 1.1 mi | 0.2 mi |
| St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.24 mi | 0.2 mi |
| Priory School Both in reach | Secondary | 1.0 mi | 0.5 mi |
| St Jude's CofE Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.99 mi | 0.8 mi |
| New Horizons Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.51 mi | 1.1 mi |
| St Swithun's Catholic Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.3 mi | 1.1 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | Roman Catholic |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 1,157 pupils in 1,058 places (109% full, over capacity) |
| Local authority | Portsmouth |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Outstanding, inspected 21 September 2022. Ungraded inspection, September 2022: school remains Outstanding |
| Attainment 8 | 58.9 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | +0.66 |
| 2022/23 | +0.59 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to St Edmund's Catholic School
| Girls and boys | 52.0% girls, 48.0% boys |
| English as an additional language | 47.7% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 28.3% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where St Edmund's Catholic School's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 3.0% |
| Sixth-form college | 27.4% |
| Further education college | 55.2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.5% |
| Employment | 0.5% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 8.5% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of St Edmund's Catholic School
Cheapest district inside the 0.51 miles: PO1, median £83,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PO1 | Portsmouth | 0.2 mi | £83,000 10 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.51 miles the school admitted from in the latest published year, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to St Edmund's Catholic School by bus
Best-served stop: St. Lukes Church, 0.2 mi away, with 14.8 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 03:10, last 02:08 after midnight.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canberra House | 108 yd | 5.8 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 21, 13, 14 |
| Canberra House | 122 yd | 6.0 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 21, 13, 14 |
| Station Street | 0.2 mi | 6.0 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 21, 13, 14 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for St Edmund's Catholic School?
St Edmund's Catholic School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in the latest published year lived 0.51 miles away, per Portsmouth.
How close do I need to live to get a place at St Edmund's Catholic School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.51 miles was enough in the latest published year, and at 109% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near St Edmund's Catholic School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Portsmouth school's distance
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