Portsmouth schools and admissions data

Portsmouth City Council has 55 primary schools and 19 secondary schools. 6% of Portsmouth's schools are private schools. 14 state schools in Portsmouth follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 48 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Portsmouth

  1. Outstanding 6
  2. Good 44
  3. Requires Improvement 7
  4. Inadequate 3

Most popular state schools
in Portsmouth in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Landport, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Meon Infant School

    Academy converter • Milton, Southsea

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  3. 3

    Cumberland Infant School

    Community school • Southsea

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    St Swithun's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Southsea

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Solent Infant School

    Academy converter • Farlington, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    St Jude's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Copnor Primary School

    Community school • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  8. 8

    Gatcombe Park Primary School

    Academy converter • Hilsea, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Highbury Primary School

    Academy converter • Cosham, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Langstone Infant School

    Academy converter • Copnor, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Devonshire Infant School

    Community school • Southsea

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    St Paul's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Paulsgrove, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Portsdown Primary School

    Community school • Wymering, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Medina Primary School

    Community school • Cosham, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    The Flying Bull Academy

    Academy converter • Buckland, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Ark Dickens Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Mayfield School

    Community school • North End, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  18. 18

    St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Portsea, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery

    Academy converter • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Beacon View Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Paulsgrove, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  1. 1

    St Edmund's Catholic School

    Voluntary aided school • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Admiral Lord Nelson School

    Academy converter • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Springfield School

    Academy converter • Drayton, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Castle View Academy

    Academy converter • Paulsgrove, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Priory School

    Academy sponsor led • Southsea

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Trafalgar School

    Academy sponsor led • Hilsea, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    The Portsmouth Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Miltoncross Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Milton, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Ark Charter Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Southsea

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    UTC Portsmouth

    University technical college • Hilsea, Portsmouth

    Ofsted: Outstanding

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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