Court Lane Infant AcademyHighbury Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Portsmouth.

Summary of the comparison

Court Lane Infant Academy and Highbury Primary School are primary schools in Portsmouth.

  • Court Lane Infant Academy scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Highbury Primary School scores 43 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Court Lane Infant Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Court Lane Infant Academy was judged Good and Highbury Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Highbury Primary School (43.0% in 2022-23, 63.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Court Lane Infant Academy versus Highbury Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure PortsmouthCourt Lane Infant AcademyPortsmouthHighbury Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB70/100Stronger figureD43/100
Local ranking37th of 45 in Portsmouth 26th of 45 in Portsmouth Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-7 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll350 411
Capacity360 420
LocationPortsmouth, PO6 2PP Portsmouth, PO6 2RZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported63.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported10.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census350 411
Free school meals (ever 6)12.9% 26.5%
English as an additional language18.3% 9.0%
SEN support13.7% 19.0%
SEN with an EHC plan4.0% 3.6%
Attendance
Overall absence5.0% 4.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence12.2% 7.8% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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