Latest Ofsted
Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Urgent improvement | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Urgent improvement | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Urgent improvement | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Urgent improvement | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 18 March 2026Report card · 1 Needs attention, 5 Urgent improvement
- 3 December 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
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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.
School details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Phase
- Not applicable
- URN · DfE number
- 147720 · 851/7472
- Capacity
- 200 pupils · 169 on roll
- Free school meals
- 82.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2021
- Replaced
- The Harbour School (URN 135308); Waterside School (URN 116630)
- Address
- Tipner Lane, Tipner, Portsmouth, PO2 8RA
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources