The Harbour School[1]

Special · ages 5–19

Headline results

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Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 6.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 2.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -2.31 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	3[5]	0%[5]
2023/24	7.1[3]	3.3%[3]	-2.31[3]
2022/23	5.5[6]	3%[6]	-2.31[6]
2021/22	6.3[7]	0%[7]	-2.74[7]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Reading, average scaled score: 114 2024/25[8]
Maths, average scaled score: 91 2024/25[8]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 57% 2022/23[9]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[9]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[9]
Further education college: 43% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[9]
Employment: 13% 2022/23[9]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	84%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]	77%[10]	0%[10]	6%[10]
2020/21	66%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]	59%[11]	0%[11]	6%[11]
2019/20	59%[12]	0%[12]	5%[12]	41%[12]	0%[12]	14%[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 Mar 2026[13]
Type: S8 No Formal Designation Visit[13]
Report published: 10 May 2026[13]
Inclusion: Urgent improvement[13]
Achievement: Urgent improvement[13]
Category of concern: SM[13]
Safeguarding standards: Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention[13]
Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement[13]
Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement[13]
Personal development and wellbeing: Urgent improvement[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
3 Dec 2024[14]	Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection[14]	No overall grade[14]
19 Sep 2023[15]	Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[15]	No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy special converter[1]
Ages: 5–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 200[1]
Trust: SOUTHERN EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority: Portsmouth[1]
Website: www.theharbourschoolportsmouth.com [1]
District: Portsmouth [16]
Postcode: PO2 8RA[1]
URN: 147720[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 123 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language: 2.4% 2024/25[17]
SEN support: 22.8% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan: 77.2% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 81.3% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 90.5%[18]
Mixed: 7.1%[18]
Asian: 0%[18]
Black: 1.2%[18]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[18]
Unclassified: 1.2%[18]

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: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, 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.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.