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 improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 13 May 2025. Figures last updated .
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
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 26.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 189
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
- 487 (50%)
- Girls
- 496 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (98% 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
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- 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
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- 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
Contact & Location
Milton Road
Portsmouth, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 140605
- UKPRN
- 10044930
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
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