Graded inspection · Nov 2022 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry751 applications · 264 places offered · 320 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Portsmouth median median 2.1
- 2025 2.6; Portsmouth median median 1.9
- 2024 2.4; Portsmouth median median 2.0
- 2023 2.2; Portsmouth median median 2.0
- 2022 1.8; Portsmouth median median 1.6
- 2021 1.6; Portsmouth median median 1.7
- 2020 1.9; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2019 1.8; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2018 1.8; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2017 1.7; Portsmouth median median 1.9
- 2016 1.6; Portsmouth median median 1.7
- 2015 1.6; Portsmouth median median 1.6
- 2014 1.7; Portsmouth median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Portsmouth median
Dashed bars: as Priory School (Specialist Sports College) (URN 116459), the previous school.
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 | 264 | 751 | 2.8 | 320 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2025 | 262 | 683 | 2.6 | 326 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2024 | 256 | 609 | 2.4 | 323 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2023 | 259 | 557 | 2.2 | 276 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 246 | 430 | 1.8 | 276 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2021 | 247 | 395 | 1.6 | 217 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 | 245 | 468 | 1.9 | 233 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 246 | 443 | 1.8 | 229 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 249 | 435 | 1.8 | 247 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 247 | 414 | 1.7 | 229 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 250 | 397 | 1.6 | 203 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2015 | 250 | 411 | 1.6 | 235 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 226 | 377 | 1.7 | 214 | 0.95 |
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.) | 244 | 43.4 | 43% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 242 | 44.7 | 44% | 67% | – |
| 2023/24 | 244 | 40.3 | 34% | 55% | −0.55 |
| 2022/23 | 244 | 39.3 | 32% | 52% | −0.44 |
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
- Priory SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.8applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · PortsmouthRemains Outstanding20222.9applications per place 56.0Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · PortsmouthGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · PortsmouthRemains Good20221.9applications per place 34.5Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · PortsmouthGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 35.8Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · PortsmouthSerious weaknesses Inadequate20223.8applications per place 31.1Attainment 8
- 3.1 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
- 141175 · 851/4004
- Capacity
- 1,250 pupils · 1,278 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- Priory School (Specialist Sports College) (URN 116459)
- Address
- Fawcett Road, Southsea, PO4 0DL
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources