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Schools in Portsmouth

66 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Portsmouth has 62 state schools: 45 primary, 10 secondary, 1 all-through. Between them they teach around 27,696 pupils. 43 have enough published data for a score, averaging 3.5 out of 10, and 1 score 8 or above.

4 have a sixth form. 19 take children from age three or under. 8 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Good or better

35

of 37 rated

Average score

3.5

out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

The Portsmouth Academy Good · ×0.55 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Trafalgar School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bramble Infant School and Nursery Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Penbridge Infant School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Court Lane Infant Academy Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ark Ayrton Primary Academy Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Milton Park Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ark Dickens Primary Academy Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) King's Academy College Park (Infant) Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Manor Infant and Nursery School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Portsmouth

Primary schools: LA defines a catchment area giving some priority for children living in the local area of the school. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Admiral Lord Nelson School Portsmouth Ark Ayrton Primary Academy Portsmouth · Good Ark Charter Academy Southsea · Not judged Ark Dickens Primary Academy Portsmouth · Good Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery Portsmouth Beacon View Primary Academy Portsmouth · Not judged Bramble Infant School and Nursery Southsea · Good Castle View Academy Portsmouth City of Portsmouth College Portsmouth · Good Cliffdale Primary Academy Portsmouth Copnor Primary School Portsmouth · Not judged Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Portsmouth · Good Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery Southsea · Requires improvement Court Lane Infant Academy Portsmouth · Good Court Lane Junior Academy Portsmouth · Good Craneswater Junior School Southsea · Good Cumberland Infant School Southsea · Good Devonshire Infant School Southsea Fernhurst Junior School Southsea · Good Gatcombe Park Primary School Portsmouth · Good Highbury Primary School Portsmouth King's Academy College Park (Infant) Portsmouth · Good King's Academy College Park (Junior) Portsmouth · Not judged King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) Portsmouth · Not judged King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) Portsmouth · Good Langstone Primary Academy Portsmouth · Good Madani Academy Portsmouth · Good Manor Infant and Nursery School Portsmouth · Good Mary Rose Academy Portsmouth Mayfield School Portsmouth · Inadequate Mayville High School Southsea Medina Primary School Portsmouth · Not judged Meon Infant School Southsea · Not judged Meon Junior School Portsmouth Milton Park Primary School Portsmouth · Good Miltoncross Academy Portsmouth · Not judged Moorings Way Infant School Southsea New Horizons Primary School Portsmouth · Good Penbridge Infant School Portsmouth · Good Penbridge Junior School Portsmouth · Good Portsdown Primary School Portsmouth · Good Portsmouth High School GDST Priory School Southsea · Good Redwood Park Academy Portsmouth · Outstanding Solent Infant School Portsmouth · Good Solent Junior School Portsmouth · Good Southsea Infant School Southsea Springfield School Portsmouth · Not judged St Edmund's Catholic School Portsmouth · Outstanding St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School Portsmouth · Not judged St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School Portsmouth · Good St Jude's CofE Primary School Portsmouth · Good St Paul's Catholic Primary School Portsmouth · Good St Swithun's Catholic Primary School Southsea · Good Stamshaw Infant Academy Portsmouth · Good Stamshaw Junior School Portsmouth · Good The Flying Bull Academy Portsmouth The Harbour School Portsmouth The Portsmouth Academy Portsmouth · Good The Portsmouth Grammar School Portsmouth The Victory Primary School Portsmouth · Not judged The Wymering School Portsmouth Trafalgar School Portsmouth · Good UTC Portsmouth Portsmouth Westover Primary School Portsmouth · Good Wimborne Primary School Portsmouth · Good

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Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	31 October 2027
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	15 January 2028
Sept 2028	Offer day	1 March 2028
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	17 April 2028
Sept 2027	Application deadline	31 October 2026
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	15 January 2027
Sept 2027	Offer day	1 March 2027
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	16 April 2027
Sept 2026	Application deadline	31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	16 April 2026 (passed)

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