Cliffdale Primary Academy

State-Funded School

cliffdale-primary-academy-portsmouth-south-east

South EastRegion

PortsmouthLocal Authority

Portsmouth NorthConstituency

PO2 0SNPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Cliffdale Primary Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–11, 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 218 pupils. Cliffdale Primary Academy is part of Solent Academies Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

74%

Asian

10%

Black

10%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

218

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

56%

England average

27%

First language not English

23%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 218
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Solent Academies Trust

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 9 February 2022. 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
23 Dec 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.