Portal House School

State-Funded School

portal-house-school-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

Dover and DealConstituency

CT15 6SSPostcode

0.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Portal House School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–16, located in Kent, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 80 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 13.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.68

Ethnicity

White

95%

Mixed

Pupils

Total Pupils

100%Boys

0%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

69%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 80
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 8 January 2025. 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
14 Jul 2015	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.