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
- Website
- www.portchester.hants.sch.uk
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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 37 |
Biology | GCSE | 10 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 9 |
Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 130 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 31 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 79 |
English Language | GCSE | 134 |
English Literature | GCSE | 126 |
French | GCSE | 14 |
Admissions
Portchester Community School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 116
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 107
- 2nd preference
- 105
- 3rd preference
- 14
- From another Local Authority
- 68
Offers
- 1st preference
- 107
- 2nd preference
- 5
- 3rd preference
- 3
- To another Local Authority
- 30
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.7 |
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 |
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% |