St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C68
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Portsmouth, PO1 1PX
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Ark Ayrton Primary Academy
Somers Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 4LS
Local ranking9th of 45 primary schools in Portsmouth
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
510
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 11 July 2024.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 78.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 501
- Boys
- 247 (50%)
- Girls
- 248 (50%)
- Capacity
- 510 (97% full)
- SEND
- 16.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 63.3%
- EAL
- 39.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 11.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,711/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 42.5%
- Black African: 17.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 11.1%
- Other: 9.7%
- White Other: 5.7%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- Asian Indian: 2.0%
42.5%
White British
17.1%
Black African
11.1%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Somers Road
Portsmouth, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 139713
- UKPRN
- 10041992
- Establishment No.
- 2004
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
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