Portal House School
Community special school · Boys · Kent
Sea Street, Dover, CT15 6SS
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
70.6%
63.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
80
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
80 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Boys
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Rosemary Bradley
- Address
- Sea Street, St Margaret's-At-Cliffe, Dover, CT15 6SS
- Phone
- 01304853033
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Dover and Deal
- Area
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 119062
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 69% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 1% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
80 pupils · 80 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
08 January 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 81 pupils
Attendance
70.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
29.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
63.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
28.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
8.4%
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.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 13.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 15% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.68 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 20 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2022/2023)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 16 | 0% | 6% | 38% | |
| English Language | 15 | 7% | 7% | 27% | |
| Physics | 11 | 0% | 9% | 27% | |
| English Literature | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| Biology | 8 | 0% | 0% | 13% | |
| Art and Design | 7 | 0% | 14% | 71% | |
| Geography | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physical Education | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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.