Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

PortsmouthLocal Authority

Portsmouth SouthConstituency

PO5 1HGPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Portsmouth, South East.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 462 pupils. Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery is part of GATEWAY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 45%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

33%

Asian

24%

Black

23%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

14%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

462

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

56%

England average

22%

Young carers

15%

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: 462
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: GATEWAY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
2 Oct 2024	Good	Requires improvement	Outstanding	Outstanding	Requires improvement
21 Nov 2019	Good	Good	Outstanding	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.