South East
Primary schools in Portsmouth
61 schools, 28,748 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 38.9.
Ofsted across Portsmouth
Good32
Requires improvement1
Outstanding1
Inadequate1
No overall grade26
35 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 26 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Primary schools in Portsmouth
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Portsmouth | Good 2022 | 83% |
| Ark Ayrton Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Portsmouth | Good 2024 | 78% |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Portsmouth | Good 2023 | 73% |
| St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Portsmouth | No grade | 69% |
| St Swithun's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Southsea | No grade | 69% |
| Ark Dickens Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Portsmouth | No grade | 67% |
| Westover Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2022 | 66% |
| Meon Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Portsmouth | No grade | 65% |
| The Victory Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Portsmouth | No grade | 63% |
| Gatcombe Park Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2023 | 63% |
| Highbury Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Portsmouth | No grade | 63% |
| Medina Primary SchoolCommunity school | Portsmouth | No grade | 58% |
| Solent Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Portsmouth | No grade | 58% |
| Langstone Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2021 | 58% |
| Court Lane Junior AcademyAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2024 | 57% |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Portsmouth | Good 2024 | 57% |
| Fernhurst Junior SchoolCommunity school | Southsea | Good 2023 | 55% |
| Penbridge Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2023 | 54% |
| Craneswater Junior SchoolCommunity school | Southsea | Good 2022 | 53% |
| St Jude's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Portsmouth | Good 2024 | 53% |
| Cottage Grove Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter | Southsea | Requires improvement 2024 | 53% |
| Milton Park Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2024 | 53% |
| King's Academy College Park (Junior)Academy converter | Portsmouth | No grade | 52% |
| Copnor Primary SchoolCommunity school | Portsmouth | No grade | 51% |
| Wimborne Primary SchoolCommunity school | Portsmouth | Good 2023 | 51% |
| New Horizons Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2023 | 49% |
| King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior)Academy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2023 | 48% |
| Stamshaw Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2023 | 47% |
| Beacon View Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Portsmouth | No grade | 41% |
| Portsdown Primary SchoolCommunity school | Portsmouth | Good 2024 | 35% |
| Arundel Court Primary Academy and NurseryAcademy converter | Portsmouth | No grade | 35% |
| The Flying Bull AcademyAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2022 | 17% |
| Bramble Infant School and NurseryCommunity school | Southsea | No grade | — |
| Devonshire Infant SchoolCommunity school | Southsea | Good 2022 | — |
| Cumberland Infant SchoolCommunity school | Southsea | Good 2022 | — |
| Southsea Infant SchoolCommunity school | Southsea | Good 2024 | — |
| Manor Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Portsmouth | Good 2024 | — |
| Court Lane Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2024 | — |
| Solent Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Portsmouth | No grade | — |
| Moorings Way Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Southsea | No grade | — |
| King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)Academy converter | Portsmouth | No grade | — |
| King's Academy College Park (Infant)Academy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2023 | — |
| Penbridge Infant School & NurseryAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2022 | — |
| Meon Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Southsea | No grade | — |
| Stamshaw Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Portsmouth | Good 2023 | — |