Graded inspection · Sep 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary 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 | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry127 applications · 57 places offered · 54 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2025 1.8; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2024 1.6; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2023 1.5; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2022 1.7; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2019 1.7; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2018 1.9; Portsmouth median median 2.5
- 2017 1.9; Portsmouth median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Portsmouth median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Portsmouth median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Portsmouth median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Portsmouth median
Dashed bars: as Northern Parade Infant School (URN 116191), 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 | 57 | 127 | 2.2 | 54 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 79 | 140 | 1.8 | 72 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2024 | 77 | 120 | 1.6 | 71 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 77 | 112 | 1.5 | 69 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 81 | 135 | 1.7 | 73 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 70 | 126 | 1.8 | 65 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 108 | 177 | 1.6 | 84 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2019 | 119 | 203 | 1.7 | 92 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2018 | 119 | 223 | 1.9 | 99 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 * | 120 | 230 | 1.9 | 89 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2016 * | 119 | 211 | 1.8 | 80 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2015 * | 108 | 184 | 1.7 | 80 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 184 | 2.0 | 96 | 1.07 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)This schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place
- 0.1 km · PortsmouthGood202348%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · PortsmouthGood20233.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · PortsmouthRemains Good20231.8applications per place
- 0.9 km · PortsmouthGood202347%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · PortsmouthGood20242.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · PortsmouthGraded · no overall grade202452%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · PortsmouthGood20232.4applications per place
- 1.5 km · PortsmouthGood20232.0applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 145451 · 851/2659
- Capacity
- 360 pupils · 231 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2018
- Replaced
- Northern Parade Infant School (URN 116191)
- Address
- Kipling Road, Hilsea, Portsmouth, PO2 9NJ
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources