Portfield SchoolLinwood School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Portfield School and Linwood School.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Portfield School was judged Good and Linwood School was judged exceptional.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Linwood School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Portfield School versus Linwood School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	ChristchurchPortfield School	BournemouthLinwood School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School type	Non-maintained special school	Community special school
Age range	4-19	2-19
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	137	411
Capacity	150	422
Location	Christchurch, BH23 6BP	Bournemouth, BH9 1AJ
GCSE results
Cohort	13	26
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	Not reported	0.0%	62.0%
At higher standard	Not reported	0.0%	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	137	411
Free school meals (ever 6)	34.2%	42.8%
English as an additional language	5.1%	14.8%
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	8.3% Stronger figure	9.1%	6.2%
Persistent absence	27.3% Stronger figure	28.7%	15.8%

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.