The Portsmouth Academy
St Mary's Road, Portsmouth, PO1 5PF
Local ranking8th of 12 secondary schools in Portsmouth
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1150
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 33.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 20.5%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 40.6%
- Entering EBacc
- 38.9%
- EBacc APS
- 3.0
- Cohort Size
- 239
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1243
- Boys
- 623 (50%)
- Girls
- 620 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1150 (108% full)
- SEND
- 10.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 55.8%
- EAL
- 30.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 6.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 74.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,997/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.0%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.4%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 56.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 10.9%
- White Other: 7.3%
- Other: 7.3%
- Asian Other: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
56.7%
White British
10.9%
Asian Bangladeshi
7.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139714
- UKPRN
- 10041993
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST