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Best primary schools in Portsmouth

32 of 45 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Portsmouth schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 1 of them.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School Portsmouth 83.0% Good declining oversubscribed 1.57 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy Portsmouth hidden gem 78.0% Good improving about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 St Paul's Catholic Primary School Portsmouth 73.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School Portsmouth 69.0% Not judged about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 St Swithun's Catholic Primary School Southsea 69.0% Good oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Ark Dickens Primary Academy Portsmouth hidden gem 67.0% Good improving about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Westover Primary School Portsmouth 66.0% Good improving oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Meon Junior School Portsmouth 65.0% Good — mapped
9 Gatcombe Park Primary School Portsmouth 63.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Highbury Primary School Portsmouth 63.0% Good about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 The Victory Primary School Portsmouth 63.0% Not judged about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Langstone Primary Academy Portsmouth 58.0% Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Medina Primary School Portsmouth 58.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Solent Junior School Portsmouth 58.0% Good — approximate
15 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Portsmouth 57.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Court Lane Junior Academy Portsmouth 57.0% Good — approximate
17 Fernhurst Junior School Southsea 55.0% Good — approximate
18 Penbridge Junior School Portsmouth 54.0% Good — approximate
19 Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery Southsea 53.0% Requires improvement about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Craneswater Junior School Southsea 53.0% Good — approximate
21 Milton Park Primary School Portsmouth hidden gem 53.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 St Jude's CofE Primary School Portsmouth 53.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 King's Academy College Park (Junior) Portsmouth 52.0% Not judged — approximate
24 Copnor Primary School Portsmouth 51.0% Not judged declining about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Wimborne Primary School Portsmouth 51.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 New Horizons Primary School Portsmouth 49.0% Good improving about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) Portsmouth 48.0% Good — approximate
28 Stamshaw Junior School Portsmouth 47.0% Good — approximate
29 Beacon View Primary Academy Portsmouth 41.0% Not judged about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery Portsmouth hidden gem 35.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Portsdown Primary School Portsmouth 35.0% Good improving about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 The Flying Bull Academy Portsmouth 17.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Portsmouth

13 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Portsmouth, not a fairer one.

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