The Portsmouth Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Portsmouth, PO1 5PF
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Miltoncross Academy
Milton Road, Milton, Portsmouth, PO3 6RB
Local ranking10th of 11 secondary schools in Portsmouth
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 13 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 36.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 26.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 50.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 160
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 937
- Boys
- 462 (49%)
- Girls
- 475 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (94% full)
- SEND
- 23.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.6%
- EAL
- 18.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 19.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,919/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.8% nat15.8%
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: 71.3%
- White Other: 6.9%
- Black African: 5.0%
- Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
71.3%
White British
6.9%
White Other
5.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Milton Road
Portsmouth, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 140605
- UKPRN
- 10044930
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
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