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The Portsmouth Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 34 34.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
34.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
24.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
7.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-1.10 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 33.5[5] 20.5%[5]
2023/24 34.8[3] 25.1%[3] -1.10[3]
2022/23 34.5[6] 22%[6] -1.03[6]
2021/22 40.5[7] 36%[7] -0.63[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
75% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[8]
Employment
3% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[9] 1%[9] 1%[9] 79%[9] 2%[9] 3%[9]
2020/21 92%[10] 0%[10] 1%[10] 79%[10] 1%[10] 6%[10]
2019/20 92%[11] 0%[11] 35%[11] 55%[11] 1%[11] 1%[11]
2018/19 93%[12] 0%[12] 37%[12] 49%[12] 3%[12] 2%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
18 Oct 2023[13]
Type
S8 No Formal Designation Visit[13]
Report published
22 Nov 2023[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Met[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
26 Apr 2022[14] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14] No overall grade[14]
26 Apr 2017[15] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[15] Good[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
409 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
117 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
212 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 383[16] 106[16] 218[16] 1.8[16] 0.5[16]
Entry Sept 2024 446[16] 189[16] 248[16] 1.8[16] 0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2023 482[16] 209[16] 245[16] 2.0[16] 0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2022 400[16] 205[16] 242[16] 1.7[16] 0.8[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1150[1]
Trust
THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Portsmouth[1]
Website
https://www.theportsmouthacademy.org.uk/[1]
District
Portsmouth[17]
Postcode
PO1 5PF[1]
URN
139714[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1243 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
30.4% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
6.5% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
4.3% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
55.8% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
60.1%[19]
Mixed
6.7%[19]
Asian
18%[19]
Black
9.9%[19]
Any other ethnic group
3.3%[19]
Unclassified
1.9%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.