Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Portsmouth
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 13 January 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 22 September 2021Ungraded 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 entry102 applications · 30 places offered · 31 named it first
- 2026 3.4; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2025 2.4; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2024 1.8; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2023 3.1; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2022 2.8; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2021 2.0; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2020 2.6; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2019 3.6; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2018 2.6; Portsmouth median median 2.5
- 2017 2.8; Portsmouth median median 2.4
- 2016 2.8; Portsmouth median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 3.7; Portsmouth median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Portsmouth median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Portsmouth median
Dashed bars: as Moorings Way Infant School (URN 116220), 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 | 30 | 102 | 3.4 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 44 | 105 | 2.4 | 33 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 108 | 1.8 | 55 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 28 | 86 | 3.1 | 24 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 | 41 | 115 | 2.8 | 38 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 55 | 112 | 2.0 | 46 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 | 54 | 138 | 2.6 | 34 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2019 | 46 | 167 | 3.6 | 45 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 56 | 143 | 2.6 | 38 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2017 | 43 | 120 | 2.8 | 31 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2016 * | 39 | 110 | 2.8 | 27 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2015 * | 27 | 99 | 3.7 | 20 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2014 * | 40 | 72 | 1.8 | 14 | 0.35 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Moorings Way Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.4applications per place
- 0.7 km · Portsmouth202565%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · PortsmouthGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place
- 0.9 km · PortsmouthRemains Good20212.0applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · PortsmouthGood20243.1applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · PortsmouthGood20223.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · PortsmouthGood20233.0applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · PortsmouthGood20222.8applications per place
- 1.7 km · PortsmouthRemains Good202355%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 144582 · 851/2709
- Capacity
- 135 pupils · 116 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2017
- Replaced
- Moorings Way Infant School (URN 116220)
- Address
- Moorings Way, Milton, Southsea, PO4 8YJ
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources