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Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Chivers Close, Southsea PO5 1HG · cottagegrove.co.uk · 023 9234 1133
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 53%
- 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
- 462
- 12 over 450 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 48.7%
- First language not English
- 56.3%
- 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, 53 families put the school first and 58 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 | 58 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 46 | 41 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ▼53% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 116203)
Ofsted
Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 25 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 25 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 116203), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116203)
Before September 2019
Feb 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116203)
Feb 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116203)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (24 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 24
- 5% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied