Portchester Community School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Fareham, PO16 9BD
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Castle View Academy
Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth, PO6 4QP
Local ranking8th of 11 secondary schools in Portsmouth
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 2 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 138
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 732
- Boys
- 376 (50%)
- Girls
- 381 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (76% full)
- SEND
- 19.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 55.3%
- EAL
- 10.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,075/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
- 15.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 41.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- 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: 82.9%
- Black African: 4.4%
- White Other: 4.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
82.9%
White British
4.4%
Black African
4.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Allaway Avenue
Portsmouth, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 145372
- UKPRN
- 10066382
- Establishment No.
- 4302
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
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