Medina Primary SchoolCourt Lane Junior Academy

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

Summary of the comparison

Medina Primary School and Court Lane Junior Academy are primary schools in Portsmouth.

  • Medina Primary School scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Court Lane Junior Academy scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Medina Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Medina Primary School was judged the expected standard and Court Lane Junior Academy was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 58.0% for Medina Primary School and 57.0% for Court Lane Junior Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Medina Primary School (40.0% in 2022-23, 58.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Court Lane Junior Academy (58.0% in 2022-23, 57.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Medina Primary School versus Court Lane Junior Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure PortsmouthMedina Primary SchoolPortsmouthCourt Lane Junior AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD54/100Stronger figureD49/100
Local ranking9th of 45 in Portsmouth Stronger figure21st of 45 in Portsmouth
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 7-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll202 467
Capacity210 480
LocationPortsmouth, PO6 3NH Portsmouth, PO6 2PP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard58.0% Stronger figure57.0% 62.0%
At higher standard3.0% Stronger figure2.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census202 467
Free school meals (ever 6)44.5% 21.8%
English as an additional language6.4% 13.7%
SEN support16.3% 19.5%
SEN with an EHC plan3.5% 3.6%
Attendance
Overall absence5.6% 5.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence14.4% 10.4% 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.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

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.

Medina Primary School

Court Lane Junior Academy

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