Graded inspection · Dec 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Portsmouth
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry377 applications · 180 places offered · 133 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Portsmouth median median 2.1
- 2025 1.8; Portsmouth median median 1.9
- 2024 1.2; Portsmouth median median 2.0
- 2023 1.7; Portsmouth median median 2.0
- 2022 1.3; Portsmouth median median 1.6
- 2021 1.3; Portsmouth median median 1.7
- 2020 1.8; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2019 1.7; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2018 1.7; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2017 1.9; Portsmouth median median 1.9
- 2016 3.2; Portsmouth median median 1.7
- 2015 2.7; Portsmouth median median 1.6
- 2014 2.1; Portsmouth median median 2.1
- This school
- Portsmouth median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 180 | 377 | 2.1 | 133 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2025 | 180 | 321 | 1.8 | 105 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2024 | 192 | 226 | 1.2 | 87 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2023 | 146 | 246 | 1.7 | 86 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2022 | 173 | 219 | 1.3 | 102 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2021 | 171 | 219 | 1.3 | 97 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2020 | 157 | 279 | 1.8 | 99 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2019 | 176 | 304 | 1.7 | 123 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2018 | 174 | 299 | 1.7 | 118 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2017 | 159 | 305 | 1.9 | 126 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2016 | 114 | 364 | 3.2 | 164 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2015 | 120 | 324 | 2.7 | 166 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2014 | 118 | 251 | 2.1 | 117 | 0.99 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 168 | 39.9 | 32% | 55% | – |
| 2024/25 | 181 | 38.9 | 36% | 53% | – |
| 2023/24 | 173 | 40.6 | 35% | 56% | −0.32 |
| 2022/23 | 165 | 33.6 | 26% | 42% | −0.70 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ark Charter AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · PortsmouthRemains Outstanding20222.9applications per place 56.0Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · PortsmouthGood20222.8applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · PortsmouthRemains Good20221.9applications per place 34.5Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · PortsmouthGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 35.8Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · PortsmouthSerious weaknesses Inadequate20223.8applications per place 31.1Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Portsmouth20263.2applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · PortsmouthGood20232.9applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Portsmouth202548.8Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135965 · 851/6905
- Trust
- Ark Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 883 on roll
- Free school meals
- 65.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Replaced
- St Luke's CofE VA Secondary School (URN 116479)
- Address
- Hyde Park Road, Southsea, PO5 4HL
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources