Trafalgar School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Portsmouth, PO2 9RJ
- Distance
- 0.0km away
UTC Portsmouth
London Road, Hilsea, Portsmouth, PO2 9DU
Local ranking2nd of 11 secondary schools in Portsmouth
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
14-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 18 November 2025. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 123
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 96.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 44.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 18.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
94
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 18.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 40.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 250
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 493
- Boys
- 324 (66%)
- Girls
- 167 (34%)
- Capacity
- 600 (82% full)
- SEND
- 4.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.6%
- EAL
- 2.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.0%
- SEN Support
- 3.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,978/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
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 80.5%
- White Other: 7.3%
- Asian Indian: 2.2%
- Asian Other: 2.2%
- Other: 2.2%
- Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
80.5%
White British
7.3%
White Other
2.2%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
London Road
Portsmouth, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 143430
- UKPRN
- 10064710
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- UTC PORTSMOUTH
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