Ark Dickens Primary Academy

State-Funded School

ark-dickens-primary-academy-portsmouth-south-east

South EastRegion

PortsmouthLocal Authority

Portsmouth SouthConstituency

PO1 4PNPostcode

3.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ark Dickens Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Portsmouth, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 446 pupils. Ark Dickens Primary Academy is part of ARK SCHOOLS.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 67%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

45%

Asian

16%

Black

19%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

446

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

51%

England average

27%

First language not English

32%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 446
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: ARK SCHOOLS

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 2 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 Dec 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.