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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 15 September 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 10 July 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Penhale Infant School & Nursery, URN 116210
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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 entry98 applications · 46 places offered · 40 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2025 2.0; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2024 1.8; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2022 1.5; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2020 1.9; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2019 1.8; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2018 2.2; Portsmouth median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Portsmouth median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Portsmouth median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Portsmouth median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Portsmouth median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Portsmouth median
Dashed bars: as Penhale Infant School & Nursery (URN 116210), 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 | 46 | 98 | 2.1 | 40 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2025 | 54 | 108 | 2.0 | 47 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 107 | 1.8 | 52 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2023 | 48 | 82 | 1.7 | 46 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 64 | 93 | 1.5 | 60 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 45 | 79 | 1.8 | 44 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 64 | 119 | 1.9 | 52 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2019 | 68 | 119 | 1.8 | 49 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2018 * | 58 | 128 | 2.2 | 46 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2017 * | 67 | 137 | 2.0 | 46 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2016 * | 85 | 135 | 1.6 | 60 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2015 * | 85 | 137 | 1.6 | 67 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2014 * | 75 | 110 | 1.5 | 58 | 0.77 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Penbridge Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20222.1applications per place
- 0.6 km · PortsmouthGood20223.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Portsmouth20262.1applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · PortsmouthRemains Good202355%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · PortsmouthRemains Good · improving20242.3applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Portsmouth20262.9applications per place
- 0.8 km · PortsmouthStandards maintained20253.3applications per place
- 1.0 km · PortsmouthGood20242.2applications per place
- 1.0 km · PortsmouthStandards maintained20252.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 145659 · 851/2697
- Capacity
- 238 pupils · 207 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2018
- Replaced
- Penhale Infant School & Nursery (URN 116210)
- Address
- Lincoln Road, Fratton, Portsmouth, PO1 5BG
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources