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Portswood Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Somerset Road, Southampton SO17 3AA · portswoodpri.org.uk · 023 8055 5885
On the mapSearch near SO17 3AA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 87%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Southampton 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 416
- 99% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 28.6%
- First language not English
- 64.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 45 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 54 | 0.9 | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 76 | 1.3▲ | 70% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
Results
In 2024/25, 87% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Southampton it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲87% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲112 | 105 | ||
| ▲114 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Portswood Primary School on 16 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 16 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (62 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 62
- 13% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied