The Portsmouth Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 27 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Portsmouth
Unique reference
139714
Address
St Mary's Road, PO1 5PF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1217 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
27.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
52%
Persistent absence
34.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.5%
Bangladeshi 9.2%
Other White 7.4%
Mixed 7.2%
African 5.3%
Other Asian 3%
Other 2.9%
Unclassified 1.8%
Indian 1.2%
Pakistani 0.9%
Chinese 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.03
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.46
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 32%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.5
Local authority average 38.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.02
Local authority average 3.29
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE41
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE22
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE213
English LiteratureGCSE193
FrenchGCSE48
GeographyGCSE72
GermanGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Portsmouth Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
248
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
189
2nd preference
113
3rd preference
98
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
188
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
255
118
137
Year 8
254
130
124
Year 9
245
120
125
Year 10
241
137
104
Year 11
222
106
116
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
79.0%
76.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
4.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
2.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
6.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022