St Edmund's School Canterbury

All-through · independent · Church of England · ages 3–19 · 523 pupils · has a sixth form · CT2 8HU

Not heldOfsted

25.1%GCSE grades 8–9England median 9.6%

12.5%A levels AAB or betterEngland median 12.4%

43%11+ pass rate3 of 7, autumn 2017

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Ofsted: Independent: inspected by Ofsted or the ISI, not in this data

GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 925.1% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above38.2% (typical 19.5%)

82 pupils at the end of Year 11.

A levels (2024/25)

% of A-level grades at A* or A19.6% (typical 15.4%)

% of A-level grades at A* to B39.9% (typical 38.7%)

% of A-level students with AAB or better12.5% (typical 12.4%)

A-level average points per entry36.6 (typical 32.5)

61 A-level students; average grade B-, best three A levels averaging B-. Progress: above average (value added +0.28).

Sports facilities on site

Swimming pool (25 m, 4 lanes), sports hall (4 courts), 3G pitch, 3 football pitches, cricket, tennis courts.

Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

Run by the charity St Edmund'S School Canterbury (registered charity 1056382). Its latest accounts, to August 2025: income £13.1m, spending £14.8m, 174 employees, reserves £3.7m. That is about £25,100 of income per pupil, mostly fees.

The charity's register entry and accounts.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Progress 8 (how pupils did against similar pupils nationally) isn't published for 2024/25, because these pupils sat no tests at 11 during Covid.
Attainment 8 and the English and maths measures aren't shown for independent schools: the government's versions leave out IGCSEs, which most independents take, so they read far too low (often 0%). The grade shares here count every GCSE and IGCSE entry.
GCSE tables: GCSE (9–1) full courses taken in 2024/25; A-level tables: GCE A levels taken in 2024/25; subjects with 5 or more entries. Small entries swing a lot from year to year.
11+ pass rate: passing isn't the same as a grammar place, and not every child sits the test, so the share passing depends on who chose to sit. Small numbers are hidden by the council as published. How grammar admissions work.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
The charity may run more than the school (a nursery, boarding, lettings or other schools), so treat per-pupil figures as rough.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Charity Commission register of charities; Open Government Licence. 11+ results: Kent CC FOI 16/1925 (WhatDoTheyKnow request kent_test_results_canterbury_and); Kent CC FOI 17/1880 (WhatDoTheyKnow request kent_test_scores_by_school_state), pupil-level file aggregated per school; Kent CC FOI 48097162 amended (WhatDoTheyKnow, Dec 2024); Kent CC FOI 608065981 (WhatDoTheyKnow request kent_test_passes), CT-postcode primaries only.

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GCSE grades by subject

Subject	Entries	Grades 8–9	England 8–9	Grades 7+	Grades 4+
English Language	80	8.8%	9.2%	15%	85%
English Literature	63	12.7%	9.9%	23.8%	93.7%
Biology	30	40%	28.6%	63.3%	100%
Food Preparation & Nutrition	30	20%	11.5%	23.3%	96.7%
Geography	30	46.7%	13.6%	66.7%	96.7%
Physics	28	39.3%	29.4%	67.9%	100%
Chemistry	27	59.3%	31.4%	59.3%	100%
Art and Design	25	24%	13.2%	52%	96%
Design & Technology	21	14.3%	13.3%	33.3%	95.2%
Economics	14	21.4%	19.6%	28.6%	78.6%
Film Studies	11	27.3%	11.7%	63.6%	100%
Religious Studies	9	22.2%	19%	44.4%	88.9%
Music	6	100%	20.5%	100%	100%
French	6	66.7%	18.1%	83.3%	100%
Other Modern Languages	5	0%	31.4%	0%	0%
German	5	0%	20.6%	0%	0%

A levels (2024/25)

% of A-level grades at A* or A19.6% (typical 15.4%)

% of A-level grades at A* to B39.9% (typical 38.7%)

% of A-level students with AAB or better12.5% (typical 12.4%)

A-level average points per entry36.6 (typical 32.5)

61 A-level students; average grade B-, best three A levels averaging B-. Progress: above average (value added +0.28).

A-level grades by subject

Subject	Entries	A*–A	England A*–A	A*	A*–B
History	18	50%	25.5%	11.1%	72.2%
Mathematics	14	28.6%	42.8%	7.1%	64.3%
Psychology	12	16.7%	19.8%	0%	41.7%
Government and Politics	12	33.3%	28.3%	8.3%	50%
Drama and Theatre Studies	11	45.5%	17.7%	9.1%	81.8%
Biology	11	9.1%	29%	0%	18.2%
Business Studies	10	0%	16.8%	0%	30%
Photography	8	25%	23.8%	12.5%	87.5%
Chemistry	7	0%	33.2%	0%	28.6%
Physics	6	16.7%	32.6%	0%	16.7%
English Literature	6	33.3%	25.2%	33.3%	66.7%
Economics	5	0%	30.8%	0%	0%
3D Studies	5	0%	28.6%	0%	0%
Mathematics (Further)	5	0%	53.1%	0%	0%

11+ results

Pupils from this school who sat the Kent Test, and how many were assessed suitable for grammar school.

Test sat	Sat the test	Passed	Share passing
Autumn 2025for September 2026	13	8 to 13	–
Autumn 2023for September 2024	12	7 to 12	–
Autumn 2022for September 2023	6	5 or less	–
Autumn 2021for September 2022	7	2 to 7	–
Autumn 2020for September 2021	7	5 or less	–
Autumn 2019for September 2020	5 or less	5 or less	–
Autumn 2018for September 2019	6	5 or less	–
Autumn 2017for September 2018	7	3	43%
Autumn 2016for September 2017	6	4	67%