Astor Secondary School
Academy converter · sixth form · 732 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 27.9
Academy sponsor led
St Edmund's Catholic School
- Pupils on roll
- 644of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 43.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 110
- Ofsted
- Good, 12 July 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Edmund's Catholic School (URN 118912, until 20 August 2014).
What the data says
Of the 90 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Edmund's Catholic School in 2023, 30% stayed on in St Edmund's Catholic School’s own sixth form (Kent average 56%), 52% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.0 against 46.1 across England and 46.7 in Kent, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 4% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Kent and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Edmund's Catholic School | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 90 | 17,954 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 30% | 56% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 52% | 28% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 4% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Edmund's Catholic School | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.0 | 46.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 24% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 | 4.18 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 34% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.9 | 32.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.2 | 51.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 108 | 98% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 64% |
| English Literature | 108 | 98% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 69% |
| Mathematics | 107 | 97% | 88% | 5% | 22% | 66% |
| Religious Studies | 106 | 96% | 31% | 8% | 32% | 49% |
| Combined Science | 96 | 87% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 45% |
| History | 68 | 62% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 43% |
| Geography | 52 | 47% | 41% | 8% | 25% | 40% |
| Photography | 25 | 23% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 76% |
| Fine Art | 20 | 18% | 9% | 10% | 28% | 65% |
| Drama | 19 | 17% | 7% | 5% | 27% | 53% |
| French | 19 | 17% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 26% |
| Biology | 12 | 11% | 23% | 8% | 45% | 42% |
| Physics | 11 | 10% | 23% | 9% | 46% | 45% |
| Chemistry | 11 | 10% | 23% | 9% | 47% | 55% |
| Statistics | 10 | 9% | 5% | 30% | 20% | 100% |
| Spanish | 9 | 8% | 19% | 0% | 27% | 44% |
| Polish | 4 | 4% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 19 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 14 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 11 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.