Portchester Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 31 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
116418
Address
White Hart Lane, Portchester, PO16 9BD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
709 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
3.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.5%
Persistent absence
30.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.3%
Mixed 3.3%
Other White 1.7%
Other Asian 1.4%
African 0.7%
Other Black 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.9
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.46
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE10
ChemistryGCSE9
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE130
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
Design & TechnologyGCSE79
English LanguageGCSE134
English LiteratureGCSE126
FrenchGCSE14
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Portchester Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
116
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
107
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
14
From another Local Authority
68
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
107
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
30
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
146
61
85
Year 8
156
82
74
Year 9
132
66
66
Year 10
140
68
72
Year 11
135
72
63
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
85.7%
85.6%
Further education
87.0%
38.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
6.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
2.0%
40.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023