Report card · inspected Jun 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
- 23 June 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 24 January 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry153 applications · 29 places offered · 22 named it first
- 2026 5.3; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2025 3.6; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2024 2.5; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2023 2.7; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2022 3.2; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2021 3.0; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2020 3.1; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2019 3.4; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2018 4.1; Portsmouth median median 2.5
- 2017 3.6; Portsmouth median median 2.4
- 2016 3.5; Portsmouth median median 2.5
- 2015 3.7; Portsmouth median median 2.1
- 2014 3.4; 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 | 29 | 153 | 5.3 | 22 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2025 | 48 | 171 | 3.6 | 34 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 147 | 2.5 | 39 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2023 | 55 | 147 | 2.7 | 50 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 41 | 133 | 3.2 | 40 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 46 | 138 | 3.0 | 36 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 188 | 3.1 | 53 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 205 | 3.4 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 243 | 4.1 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 215 | 3.6 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 209 | 3.5 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 219 | 3.7 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 202 | 3.4 | 76 | 1.27 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Southsea Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20265.3applications per place
- 0.4 km · PortsmouthStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Portsmouth202653%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · PortsmouthStandards maintained20253.3applications per place
- 0.8 km · PortsmouthRequires improvement20241.6applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Portsmouth20262.9applications per place
- 1.0 km · PortsmouthRemains Good202355%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · PortsmouthRemains Good · improving20242.3applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · PortsmouthGood20222.8applications per place
- 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
- 116200 · 851/2680
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 167 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Address
- Collingwood Road, Southsea Infant School, Southsea, PO5 2SR
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources