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Portchester Community School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
White Hart Lane, Portchester, Fareham PO16 9BD · portchester.hants.sch.uk · 023 9236 4399
On the mapSearch near PO16 9BD
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 688
- 80% of 860 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31%
- First language not English
- 4.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 99 families put the school first and 106 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 106 | 99 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 106 | 102 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 116 | 107 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 130 | 107 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 127 | 119 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.8, and 33.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hampshire it was 45.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼33.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼54.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼25.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.51 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3 | +2.1 |
| Sixth form college | 12.6 | +10.8 |
| Further education | 63.7 | −23.7 |
| Other education | 0.7 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 7.4 | +5.6 |
| Employment | 3 | −0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.4 | +5.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.2 | −0.5 |
Ofsted
Portchester Community School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 30 Jan 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (131 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 131
- 18% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 54% who had a child bullied
based on 33 parents (25%) with SEND