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The Portsmouth Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
St Mary's Road, Portsmouth PO1 5PF · theportsmouthacademy.org.uk · 033 3360 2200
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 33.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Portsmouth 39.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Portsmouth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,203
- 53 over 1,150 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 56%
- First language not English
- 31.3%
- 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: Portsmouth Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 117 families put the school first and 212 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 | 212 | 117 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 218 | 106 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 248 | 189 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 245 | 209 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 242 | 205 | 0.8 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 33.5, and 20.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Portsmouth it was 39.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼33.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼20.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼40.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ●38.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.00 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.7 | +1.6 |
| Sixth form college | 1.4 | +0.9 |
| Further education | 77.6 | −1.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4 | −0.7 |
| Employment | 1.8 | −0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11 | +4.7 |
| Activity not captured | 4.1 | −1.7 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 April 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for The Portsmouth Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 26 Apr 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2017
Other inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2023Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
Apr 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Apr 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
49% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 49%
- Replies
- 89
- 8% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 58% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (17%) with SEND