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King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Kipling Road, Hilsea, Portsmouth PO2 9NJ · kganorthernparade.uk · 023 9266 2596
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
- 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
- 231
- 64% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 24.7%
- First language not English
- 23.8%
- 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, 54 families put the school first and 57 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 | 57 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 79 | 72 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 77 | 71 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 77 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 81 | 73 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 24 Sept 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Apr 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Jun 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 46
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied