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The Flying Bull Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 415Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140719URN

Flying Bull Lane, Buckland, Portsmouth, PO2 7BJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Portsmouth median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Portsmouth

69 applications for 34 places · 25th of 36 in Portsmouth
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
17%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 June 2026Published 12 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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

  1. 9 June 2026
    Report card · 7 Needs attention
  2. 20 July 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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 entry
2.0applications per place, Reception
close to Portsmouth median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

69 applications · 34 places offered · 32 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.0; Portsmouth median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.0; Portsmouth median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.8; Portsmouth median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.5; Portsmouth median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.3; Portsmouth median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.4; Portsmouth median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.8; Portsmouth median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.8; Portsmouth median median 2.3
  9. 2018 1.8; Portsmouth median median 2.5
  10. 2017 1.7; Portsmouth median median 2.4
  11. 2016 1.5; Portsmouth median median 2.5
  12. 2015 1.9; Portsmouth median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.7; Portsmouth median median 2.3; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Portsmouth median in 0 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Portsmouth median

Dashed bars: as Flying Bull Primary School (URN 131210), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202634692.0320.94
Sep 202543852.0410.95
Sep 202441741.8390.95
Sep 202333501.5320.97
Sep 202255711.3510.93
Sep 202154731.4510.94
Sep 202045811.8430.96
Sep 2019601051.8570.95
Sep 2018601051.8570.95
Sep 2017601021.7460.77
Sep 201659861.5530.90
Sep 201552971.9470.90
Sep 2014 *601031.7530.88

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 45% · Writing 38% · Maths 38% → all three 17% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard17%32nd of 32 in Portsmouth
Reading
Expected standard45%
Higher standard7%
Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard38%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard38%
Higher standard3%
Average scaled score 96 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Portsmouth median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2517%0%9996
2023/2441%0%104101
2022/2351%7%104103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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 converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140719 · 851/2000
Trust
University of Chichester (MULTI) Academy Trust
Capacity
500 pupils · 415 on roll
Free school meals
57.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2014
Replaced
Flying Bull Primary School (URN 131210)
Address
Flying Bull Lane, Buckland, Portsmouth, PO2 7BJ
Local authority
Portsmouth

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources