Portfield School

State-Funded School

portfield-school-bournemouth-christchurch-poole-south-west

South WestRegion

Bournemouth, Christchurch & PooleLocal Authority

ChristchurchConstituency

BH23 6BPPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Portfield School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 144 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

10%

Pupils

144

Total Pupils

78%Boys

22%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

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: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 144
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 27 November 2024. 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
8 Jun 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.