Springfield School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Portsmouth
Central Road, Portsmouth, PO6 1QY
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 23/04/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.3%
24.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,133
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,135 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
190 of 190 families who put it first got an offer
239
Places offered
396
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 190 | 190 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 103 | 34 | ● 33% |
| 3rd preference | 47 | 11 | ● 23% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 56 | 3 | ● 5% |
| Total | 396 | 238 | 60% |
1st preference success by year
Portsmouth lets families list 6 preferences. 11 applications came from outside the council area (4 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- S F Spivey
- Address
- Central Road, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 1QY
- Phone
- 02392379119
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Ward / constituency
- Drayton and Farlington · Portsmouth North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 144192
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 31% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE DE CURCI TRUST
1,133 pupils · 1,135 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
23 April 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good - 19
03 October 2019
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,149 pupils
Attendance
90.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
24.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.9%
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 | 43.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.05 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 43% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 62% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.93 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 37.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 56.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 53.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 213 | — |
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.
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.