Graded inspection · Apr 2025 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 |
Inspection history
- 23 April 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 3 October 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry413 applications · 225 places offered · 207 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Portsmouth median median 2.1
- 2025 1.7; Portsmouth median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; Portsmouth median median 2.0
- 2023 1.4; Portsmouth median median 2.0
- 2022 1.3; Portsmouth median median 1.6
- 2021 1.4; Portsmouth median median 1.7
- 2020 1.6; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2019 1.5; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2018 1.5; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2017 1.4; Portsmouth median median 1.9
- 2016 1.6; Portsmouth median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Portsmouth median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Portsmouth median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Portsmouth median
Dashed bars: as Springfield School (URN 116461), 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 | 225 | 413 | 1.8 | 207 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 239 | 396 | 1.7 | 190 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2024 | 228 | 351 | 1.5 | 184 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2023 | 207 | 297 | 1.4 | 167 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2022 | 198 | 263 | 1.3 | 159 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2021 | 234 | 318 | 1.4 | 225 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 192 | 315 | 1.6 | 185 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 231 | 343 | 1.5 | 214 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 217 | 324 | 1.5 | 210 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 229 | 312 | 1.4 | 229 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 224 | 349 | 1.6 | 262 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2015 * | 227 | 380 | 1.7 | 253 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2014 * | 225 | 386 | 1.7 | 236 | 1.05 |
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.) | 229 | 42.4 | 38% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 213 | 39.8 | 38% | 57% | – |
| 2023/24 | 227 | 43.7 | 43% | 62% | −0.05 |
| 2022/23 | 201 | 40.7 | 30% | 57% | −0.49 |
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
- Springfield SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · HampshireRemains Good20232.5applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · PortsmouthGood20232.9applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Portsmouth202548.8Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Portsmouth20263.2applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · PortsmouthSerious weaknesses Inadequate20223.8applications per place 31.1Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · HampshireGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Hampshire20262.2applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Hampshire20261.3applications per place 27.7Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144192 · 851/4301
- Trust
- The de Curci Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,135 pupils · 1,133 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- Springfield School (URN 116461)
- Address
- Central Road, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 1QY
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources