The Harbour School

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

PortsmouthLocal Authority

Portsmouth NorthConstituency

PO2 8RAPostcode

0.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

The Harbour School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–19, 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 169 pupils. The Harbour School is part of SOUTHERN EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Mar 2026 · published 10 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Urgent improvement
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 3
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.15

Ethnicity

White

91%

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

169

Total Pupils

78%Boys

22%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

83%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

12%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 5 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 169
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: SOUTHERN EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
28 Jan 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
2 Feb 2023	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate
7 Sept 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.