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Atlantic Academy Portland

  • 4–16Ages
  • 769Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145119URN

Maritime House, Southwell Park, Portland, DT5 2NA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
0.3 below Dorset median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Dorset

66 applications for 52 places · small intake, not ranked
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.7of 90
17th of 18 in Dorset
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 1 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsExpected standard
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. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 19 January 2022
    Graded inspection: 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
1.3applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Dorset median (1.6) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

66 applications · 52 places offered · 52 named it first

Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.

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

  1. 2026 1.3; Dorset median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.2; Dorset median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.1; Dorset median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.3; Dorset median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.2; Dorset median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.3; Dorset median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.4; Dorset median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.6; Dorset median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.1; Dorset median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.3; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.8; Dorset median median 1.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Dorset median in 1 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Dorset median

Dashed bars: as Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (URN 138388), the previous school.

Reception entry, September 2026: 2.3 per place (44 applications for 19 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

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 202652661.3521.00
Sep 202572871.2690.96
Sep 202449561.1470.96
Sep 202355691.3530.96
Sep 202249591.2491.00
Sep 202158731.3581.00
Sep 202040541.4380.95
Sep 201933531.6310.94
Sep 201823251.160.26
Sep 2017 *33421.3200.61
Sep 2016 *37671.8310.84
Sep 2015 *47841.8400.85
Sep 2014 *44882.0320.73

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

94 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.717th of 18 in Dorset
Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%16th of 18 in Dorset
Grade 4 or above in English and maths46%
  • This school
  • Dorset median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.74
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)9437.727%46%–
2024/257834.019%39%–
2023/249038.924%50%−0.74
2022/238743.725%53%−0.80

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

  • 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
All-through
URN · DfE number
145119 · 838/4007
Trust
Aspirations Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,020 pupils · 769 on roll
Free school meals
34.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (URN 138388)
Address
Maritime House, Southwell Park, Portland, DT5 2NA
Local authority
Dorset

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources