The Harbour School
Academy special converter · Mixed · Portsmouth
Tipner Lane, Portsmouth, PO2 8RA
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 03/12/2024
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
51.5%
91.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
169
Capacity used
Has space85%
200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 5–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sian Lacey
- Address
- Tipner Lane, Tipner, Portsmouth, PO2 8RA
- Phone
- 02392665664
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Ward / constituency
- Nelson · Portsmouth North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 147720
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 83% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: SOUTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
169 pupils · 200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
18 March 2026
S8 No Formal Designation Visit · report card
SMInclusion Urgent improvement Achievement Urgent improvement Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Needs attention Attendance and behaviour Urgent improvement Leadership and governance Urgent improvement Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Urgent improvement Post-16 provision Not applicable - 24
03 December 2024
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 274 pupils
Attendance
51.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
48.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
91.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
52.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
23.1%
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.
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 0% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 3.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.15 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 30 | — |
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 | 19 | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| English Language | 18 | 0% | 6% | 6% | |
| Biology | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
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.