Priory School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Portsmouth
Fawcett Road, Southsea, PO4 0DL
58
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 22/11/2022
Application demand
70%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.6%
23.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,278
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
1,250 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
70%
1st preference success rate
229 of 326 families who put it first got an offer
262
Places offered
683
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 326 | 229 | ● 70% |
| 2nd preference | 191 | 28 | ● 15% |
| 3rd preference | 106 | 5 | ● 5% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 60 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 683 | 262 | 38% |
1st preference success by year
Portsmouth lets families list 6 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (0 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
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Stewart Vaughan
- Address
- Fawcett Road, Southsea, PO4 0DL
- Phone
- 02392819115
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Ward / constituency
- Central Southsea · Portsmouth South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141175
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 20% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST
1,278 pupils · 1,250 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
22 November 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,304 pupils
Attendance
90.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.1%
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 | 40.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.55 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 34% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 55% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.57 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 43.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 67.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 29.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.89 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 242 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 240 | 20% | 51% | 73% | |
| English Language | 240 | 19% | 55% | 72% | |
| English Literature | 218 | 17% | 58% | 78% | |
| Combined Science | 190 | 7% | 31% | 49% | |
| History | 161 | 21% | 49% | 60% | |
| Art and Design | 94 | 2% | 32% | 70% | |
| Design & Technology | 70 | 23% | 49% | 59% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 70 | 4% | 34% | 53% | |
| Geography | 69 | 19% | 52% | 65% | |
| Business | 61 | 26% | 57% | 62% | |
| Biology | 43 | 49% | 98% | 100% | |
| Physics | 43 | 56% | 93% | 100% |
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) |
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.