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Schools in Portsmouth

65 schools in the Portsmouth local authority.

Schools

65

Open schools

Pupils

29,581

2025–26 census

Good or better

96%

47 of 49 graded

Academic Performance

3.9

out of 10 · 60 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
5 10%
Good
42 86%
Requires improvement
1 2%
Inadequate
1 2%
7 inspected since 2024, no overall grade8 superseded by a report card9 not judged1 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
3.9
Academic Performance

Averaged over 60 of 65 schools that can be scored

Pupils

29,581

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Ethnicity

White
71%
Asian
9%
Black
9%
Mixed
6%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
3%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 61 of 65 schools (27,696 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
37.2%

10,306 of 27,696 pupils · 61 of 65 schools

First language not English
22.7%

6,299 of 27,696 pupils · 61 of 65 schools

Young carers
2.1%

595 of 27,696 pupils · 61 of 65 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
45
Secondary
11
All-through
3
Special
5
Not recorded
1

Top primary schools in Portsmouth

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Portsmouth

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 65 schools in Portsmouth — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Portsmouth

How many schools are there in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth has 65 open schools — 45 primary, 11 secondary, 5 special, teaching 29,581 pupils in total.
How many schools in Portsmouth are rated Good or Outstanding?
47 of the 49 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 96% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 5 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 65: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Portsmouth?
3.9 out of 10, averaged across the 60 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Portsmouth schools have no Ofsted rating?
16 schools in Portsmouth currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Portsmouth local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Portsmouth covers 65 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Portsmouth are eligible for free school meals?
37.2% — 10,306 of 27,696 pupils at the 61 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the South East region.