The Portsmouth Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Portsmouth
St Mary's Road, Portsmouth, PO1 5PF
50
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
88.0%
31.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,203
Capacity used
Over capacity105%
1,150 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
106 of 106 families who put it first got an offer
218
Places offered
383
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 106 | 106 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 108 | 45 | ● 42% |
| 3rd preference | 97 | 13 | ● 13% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 72 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 383 | 165 | 43% |
1st preference success by year
Portsmouth lets families list 6 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sarah Dedman
- Address
- St Mary's Road, Portsmouth, PO1 5PF
- Phone
- 03333602200
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Ward / constituency
- Fratton · Portsmouth South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139714
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 56% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 28% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
1,203 pupils · 1,150 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
27 April 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,285 pupils
Attendance
88.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
12.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
31.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
6.5%
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
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 34.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -1.10 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 25% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 46% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.10 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 33.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 20.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 40.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 38.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 239 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 237 | 8% | 32% | 47% | |
| Mathematics | 236 | 11% | 29% | 46% | |
| English Literature | 228 | 8% | 32% | 49% | |
| Combined Science | 165 | 6% | 19% | 35% | |
| History | 128 | 17% | 38% | 47% | |
| Geography | 122 | 5% | 23% | 30% | |
| Art and Design | 67 | 3% | 15% | 24% | |
| Biology | 56 | 16% | 54% | 71% | |
| Chemistry | 55 | 22% | 58% | 71% | |
| Physics | 54 | 17% | 57% | 72% | |
| Religious Studies | 54 | 17% | 41% | 52% | |
| Spanish | 50 | 8% | 28% | 38% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Portsmouth council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.