Highbury Primary School

State-Funded School

highbury-primary-school-portsmouth-south-east

South EastRegion

PortsmouthLocal Authority

Portsmouth NorthConstituency

PO6 2RZPostcode

3.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Highbury Primary School is a state-funded primary 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 391 pupils. Highbury Primary School is part of University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 21 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

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: 55%
Higher standard: 8%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

391

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 391
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
30 Jan 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
15 Nov 2012	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.