Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

PortsmouthLocal Authority

Portsmouth SouthConstituency

PO1 1FGPostcode

0.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Portsmouth, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 668 pupils. Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery is part of University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 14 Apr 2026 · published 21 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 35%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

59%

Asian

15%

Black

13%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

668

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

57%

England average

27%

First language not English

36%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 668
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 20 October 2021. 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
10 Jul 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	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.