Devonshire Infant School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Portsmouth
Francis Avenue, Southsea, PO4 0AG
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.5%
17.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
171
Capacity used
Has space90%
190 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
48 of 48 families who put it first got an offer
52
Places offered
164
Total applications
3.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 48 | 48 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 43 | 1 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 32 | 1 | ● 3% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 41 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 164 | 50 | 30% |
1st preference success by year
Portsmouth lets families list 6 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Rachel Arnold
- Address
- Francis Avenue, Southsea, PO4 0AG
- Phone
- 02392734902
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Ward / constituency
- Central Southsea · Portsmouth South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116187
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 28% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 35% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
171 pupils · 190 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
19 May 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Expected standard Achievement Expected standard Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Expected standard Attendance and behaviour Expected standard Leadership and governance Expected standard Early years Expected standard Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard Post-16 provision Not applicable - 22
29 June 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 132 pupils
Attendance
94.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
17.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.