Portsmouth schools and admissions data

Portsmouth City Council has 55 primary schools and 18 secondary schools. 7% of Portsmouth's schools are private schools. 16 state schools in Portsmouth follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 45 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Portsmouth

  1. Outstanding 6
  2. Good 44
  3. Requires Improvement 4
  4. Inadequate 1

Most popular state schools
in Portsmouth in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Lyndhurst Junior School

    Academy converter • North End, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Wimborne Primary School

    Community school • Southsea, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    New Horizons Primary School

    Academy converter • North End, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Ark Dickens Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Cottage Grove Primary School

    Community school • Southsea

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Milton Park Primary School

    Community school • Southsea, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  7. 7

    Medina Primary School

    Community school • Cosham, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  9. 9

    Bramble Infant School and Nursery

    Community school • Southsea

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    St Jude's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Court Lane Junior Academy

    Academy converter • Cosham, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Ark Ayrton Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Southsea, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Westover Primary School

    Academy converter • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  14. 14

    St Paul's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Paulsgrove, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Portsdown Primary School

    Community school • Wymering, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Stamshaw Junior School

    Academy converter • Tipner Road, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  17. 17

    Fernhurst Junior School

    Community school • Southsea

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Manor Infant School

    Community school • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Copnor Primary School

    Community school • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Devonshire Infant School

    Community school • Southsea

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Miltoncross Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Milton, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Trafalgar School

    Academy sponsor led • Hilsea, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    UTC Portsmouth

    University technical college • Hilsea, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: None

  4. 4

    Redwood Park Academy

    Academy special sponsor led • Cosham, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: None

  5. 5

    The Portsmouth Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Admiral Lord Nelson School

    Academy converter • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Ark Charter Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Southsea

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Priory School

    Academy sponsor led • Southsea

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    St Edmund's Catholic School

    Voluntary aided school • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    Castle View Academy

    Academy converter • Paulsgrove, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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