Mary Rose Academy

State-Funded School

mary-rose-academy-portsmouth-south-east

South EastRegion

PortsmouthLocal Authority

Portsmouth SouthConstituency

PO4 8GTPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Mary Rose Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, 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 201 pupils. Mary Rose Academy is part of Solent Academies Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 Jan 2026 · 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
Post-16 provision
Exceptional
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

68%

Asian

14%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

201

Total Pupils

64%Boys

36%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

60%

England average

27%

First language not English

26%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 201
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 24 November 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
11 Nov 2013	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.