Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Portsmouth
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 19 May 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 29 June 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry137 applications · 47 places offered · 44 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2025 3.2; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2024 2.3; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2023 2.8; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2022 2.7; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2021 2.6; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2020 3.3; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2019 3.8; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2018 4.3; Portsmouth median median 2.5
- 2017 4.1; Portsmouth median median 2.4
- 2016 3.4; Portsmouth median median 2.5
- 2015 3.3; Portsmouth median median 2.1
- 2014 2.8; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- This school
- Portsmouth median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 47 | 137 | 2.9 | 44 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 52 | 164 | 3.2 | 48 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 140 | 2.3 | 48 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 | 44 | 122 | 2.8 | 39 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2022 | 48 | 129 | 2.7 | 44 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 56 | 145 | 2.6 | 54 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 195 | 3.3 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 228 | 3.8 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 255 | 4.3 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 244 | 4.1 | 72 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 206 | 3.4 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 197 | 3.3 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 169 | 2.8 | 83 | 1.38 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Devonshire Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.9applications per place
- 0.1 km · PortsmouthRemains Good202355%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · PortsmouthStandards maintained20253.3applications per place
- 0.6 km · PortsmouthGood20233.0applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · PortsmouthGood20222.8applications per place
- 0.7 km · PortsmouthRemains Good20222.1applications per place
- 0.8 km · Portsmouth202653%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Portsmouth20265.3applications per place
- 1.0 km · PortsmouthRemains Good · improving20242.3applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 116187 · 851/2648
- Capacity
- 190 pupils · 171 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Address
- Francis Avenue, Southsea, PO4 0AG
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources