Priory School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 43 43.4 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 43.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 43% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 10.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.55 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	Progress 8
2024/25	44.7[5]	43.8%[5]
2023/24	40.3[3]	34%[3]	-0.55[3]
2022/23	39.3[6]	32%[6]	-0.44[6]
2021/22	46.9[7]	48%[7]	-0.09[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 91% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 5% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 82% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 1% 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	92%[9]	1%[9]	1%[9]	83%[9]	2%[9]	5%[9]
2020/21	90%[10]	1%[10]		81%[10]	2%[10]	5%[10]
2019/20	90%[11]	1%[11]	48%[11]	37%[11]	2%[11]	2%[11]
2018/19	88%[12]	0%[12]	41%[12]	37%[12]	2%[12]	8%[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: 22 Nov 2022[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 15 Jan 2023[13]
Personal development: Outstanding[13]
Quality of education: Good[13]
Overall effectiveness: Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
23 Nov 2016[14]	Academy First Section 5[14]	Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.8 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference): 751 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences: 320 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered: 264 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place: 1.2 Entry Sept 2026[15]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	683[15]	326[15]	262[15]	2.6[15]	1.2[15]
Entry Sept 2024	609[15]	323[15]	256[15]	2.4[15]	1.3[15]
Entry Sept 2023	557[15]	276[15]	259[15]	2.2[15]	1.1[15]
Entry Sept 2022	430[15]	276[15]	246[15]	1.7[15]	1.1[15]

Admissions

Application deadline: 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry: 250 Entry Sept 2027[16]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1250[1]
Trust: BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority: Portsmouth[1]
Website: http://www.priorysouthsea.org [1]
District: Portsmouth [17]
Postcode: PO4 0DL[1]
URN: 141175[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1247 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 20% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 13% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 2.9% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 35% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 71.4%[19]
Mixed: 8.5%[19]
Asian: 8.1%[19]
Black: 7.6%[19]
Any other ethnic group: 2.9%[19]
Unclassified: 1.5%[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

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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
priorysouthsea.org: priorysouthsea.org — Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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The School will consid er first all those applications received by the published deadline of midnight on 31 October 2026. (p. 5)
The published admission number for The Priory School is 250 pupils for year 7 in 2027/8. (p. 5)
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.