Academy converter · North Somerset

Portishead Primary School

4–11Ages
370Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143282URN

Station Road, Portishead, BS20 7DB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMar 2014

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.7per place

0.9 above North Somerset median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Somerset

123 applications for 45 places · 2nd of 49 in North Somerset

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

68%met the expected standard

North Somerset 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMar 2014

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

Inspection history

12 March 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
19 March 2014
Graded inspection: Good · as Portishead Primary School, URN 109074

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

2.7applications per place, Reception

0.9 above North Somerset median (1.8) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

123 applications · 45 places offered · 45 named it first

2026 2.7; North Somerset median median 1.8
2025 3.7; North Somerset median median 1.9
2024 3.1; North Somerset median median 2.0
2023 3.0; North Somerset median median 1.9
2022 3.8; North Somerset median median 1.9
2021 3.6; North Somerset median median 1.9
2020 4.2; North Somerset median median 1.9
2019 4.2; North Somerset median median 2.0
2018 3.9; North Somerset median median 2.1
2017 4.6; North Somerset median median 2.1
2016 4.4; North Somerset median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 5.0; North Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 3.5; North Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the North Somerset median in 10 of 10 years.

This school
North Somerset median

Dashed bars: as Portishead Primary School (URN 109074), 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	45	123	2.7	45	1.00
Sep 2025	35	129	3.7	35	1.00
Sep 2024	56	175	3.1	51	0.91
Sep 2023	52	158	3.0	49	0.94
Sep 2022	51	195	3.8	51	1.00
Sep 2021	54	196	3.6	52	0.96
Sep 2020	59	248	4.2	75	1.27
Sep 2019	60	254	4.2	75	1.25
Sep 2018	60	231	3.9	62	1.03
Sep 2017	59	272	4.6	70	1.19
Sep 2016 *	60	265	4.4	100	1.67
Sep 2015 *	60	297	5.0	79	1.32
Sep 2014 *	89	314	3.5	86	0.97

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 77% · Writing 84% · Maths 81% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%21st of 56 in North Somerset

North Somerset 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard77%

North Somerset 79% England 78%

Higher standard44%

North Somerset 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard84%

North Somerset 77% England 75%

Greater depth11%

North Somerset 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard81%

North Somerset 76% England 77%

Higher standard33%

North Somerset 27% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
North Somerset median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	68%	9%	106	106
2023/24	66%	11%	106	104
2022/23	69%	8%	106	105

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

Portishead Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Church of England Primary School
0.9 km · North Somerset

Outstanding2023

2.0applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School
0.9 km · North Somerset

Standards maintained2024

1.9applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
1.4 km · North Somerset

Remains Good2021

2.1applications per place
High Down Junior School
1.9 km · North Somerset

Standards maintained2024

72%met the SATs standard
High Down Infant School
1.9 km · North Somerset

Good2022

1.7applications per place
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Portbury
3.6 km · North Somerset

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.7applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
Avonmouth Church of England Primary School and Nursery
5.1 km · Bristol, City of

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Crockerne Church of England Primary School
5.4 km · North Somerset

Good2023

1.1applications per place 40%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143282 · 802/2252
Trust: Lighthouse Schools Partnership
Capacity: 420 pupils · 370 on roll
Free school meals: 5.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2016
Replaced: Portishead Primary School (URN 109074)
Address: Station Road, Portishead, BS20 7DB
Local authority: North Somerset

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