St Edmund's Catholic School is a state-maintained secondary school in Portsmouth, United Kingdom with 1,157 pupils. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 5 vacancies, including Pastoral Support with Psychology – one year paid placement (closes 30 November), Wellbeing Support Officer (Undergraduate in Psychology) 1 yr paid placement (closes 30 November) and Teaching Assistant/EAL Support (closes 24 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 5 live vacancies.
Head
Simon Graham, Headteacher
Type
State-maintained, Secondary
Pupils
1,157 pupils · 52% girls · 28.3% eligible for free school meals · 47.7% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
130 (11.2%) on SEN support · 31 (2.7%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Full time, temporaryTherapy and specialist support
We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, positive person (Undergraduate in Psychology) who has experience (or would like to gain experience of working with young people.) We…
Full time, temporaryTherapy and specialist support
We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, positive person (Undergraduate in Psychology) who has experience (or would like to gain experience of working with young people.)…
We are looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant with experience of working with students who are EAL. The successful candidate will be caring and enthusiastic and will have a…
We have a vacancy for an Assistant Chaplain. The Chaplaincy Team, under the leadership of the full-time Chaplain, will work closely with the Headteacher, Senior Management Team…
The successful candidate will be caring and enthusiastic and will have a genuine commitment to supporting the academic progress of pupils aged 11-16. The candidate will be part of…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
56.0
64.0%
2024/25
58.9
70.9%
2023/24
55.6
68.6%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
69.8
16.6
–
0
£50,027
2024/25
66.0
17.4
3%
3
£46,718
2023/24
67.6
17.0
18%
0
£41,771
2022/23
65.2
17.2
15%
0
£40,553
2021/22
65.6
16.7
13%
0
£37,697
2020/21
64.4
16.5
6%
0
£38,484
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
63.8
16.5
10%
0
£35,825
2018/19
61.1
16.4
12%
0
£36,574
2017/18
60.1
15.9
12%
0
£37,812
2016/17
56.5
15.6
14%
0
£36,350
2015/16
55.5
15.0
7%
0
£35,328
2014/15
51.3
15.9
9%
0
£36,149
2013/14
52.5
15.6
22%
0
£36,906
2012/13
52.1
15.7
13%
0
£35,212
2011/12
56.8
15.5
17%
0
£33,839
2010/11
58.7
15.8
20%
0
£35,300
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
3.6%
0.7%
6.5%
0.9%
2024/25
4.5%
1.1%
7.5%
1.6%
2023/24
4.8%
1.1%
8.8%
0.9%
2022/23
5.4%
1.1%
12.3%
0.7%
2021/22
6.5%
0.9%
16.5%
1.6%
2020/21
2.9%
0.3%
6.3%
0.3%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
3.9%
0.8%
8.1%
0.5%
2017/18
3.6%
1.0%
7.7%
0.5%
2016/17
3.8%
0.8%
8.7%
0.3%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
2 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 support. Most often advertised: Assistant Catering Manager, SEN Administrator. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.