Southsea Infant School[1]

Primary · ages 4–7

Headline results

No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.

Results

No published data for this school.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 23 Jun 2026[2]
Type: S5 Inspection[2]
Report published: 19 Jul 2026[2]
Inclusion: Expected standard[2]
Achievement: Needs attention[2]
Safeguarding standards: Met[2]
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention[2]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[2]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[2]
Early years (where applicable): Expected standard[2]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[2]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
23 Jan 2024[3]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[3]	No overall grade[3]
21 Jun 2018[4]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[4]	No overall grade[4]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 5.3 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Applications (any preference): 153 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences: 22 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Places offered: 29 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[5]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	171[5]	34[5]	48[5]	3.6[5]	0.7[5]
Entry Sept 2024	147[5]	39[5]	59[5]	2.5[5]	0.7[5]
Entry Sept 2023	147[5]	50[5]	55[5]	2.7[5]	0.9[5]
Entry Sept 2022	133[5]	40[5]	41[5]	3.2[5]	1.0[5]

Character & practicalities

Type: Community school[1]
Ages: 4–7[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 180[1]
Local authority: Portsmouth[1]
Website: www.southsea.portsmouth.sch.uk/[1]
District: Portsmouth [6]
Postcode: PO5 2SR[1]
URN: 116200[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 171 2024/25[7]
English as an additional language: 22.8% 2024/25[7]
SEN support: 8.8% 2024/25[7]
EHC plan: 7.6% 2024/25[7]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 16.4% 2024/25[7]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 58.1%[8]
Mixed: 10.2%[8]
Asian: 15.6%[8]
Black: 11.4%[8]
Any other ethnic group: 3%[8]
Unclassified: 1.8%[8]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.