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The Flying Bull Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Flying Bull Lane, Buckland, Portsmouth PO2 7BJ · flyingbull.chimat.uk · 023 9269 4313
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 17%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Portsmouth 54%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Portsmouth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 415
- 83% of 500 places
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 57%
- First language not English
- 29.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Portsmouth Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 32 families put the school first and 34 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 | 34 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 43 | 41 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 55 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 17% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Portsmouth it was 54%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼17% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼99 | 106 | ||
| ▼96 | 105 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Flying Bull Academy on 9 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Needs attention
- Early years: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 9 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Needs attention |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jul 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jul 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (24 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 24
- 5% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied