Portchester Community School[1]
Secondary · ages 11–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 41 41.3 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 41.3 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 28.9% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 6.3% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.28 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 41.8[5] | 33.8%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 43.3[3] | 36.3%[3] | -0.28[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 41.9[6] | 32%[6] | -0.41[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 43.5[7] | 42%[7] | -0.38[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 92% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 2% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 10% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 68% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 8% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 6% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 95%[9] | 1%[9] | 2%[9] | 87%[9] | 2%[9] | 3%[9] |
| 2020/21 | 94%[10] | 0%[10] | 13%[10] | 74%[10] | 4%[10] | 2%[10] |
| 2019/20 | 95%[11] | 0%[11] | 20%[11] | 66%[11] | 4%[11] | 3%[11] |
| 2018/19 | 92%[12] | 0%[12] | 21%[12] | 61%[12] | 4%[12] | 4%[12] |
Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 30 Jan 2024[13]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[13]
- Report published
- 6 Mar 2024[13]
- Personal development
- Outstanding[13]
- Quality of education
- Good[13]
- Overall effectiveness
- Good[13]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good[13]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[13]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[13]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 2.0 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Applications (any preference)
- 214 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- First preferences
- 99 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Places offered
- 106 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[15]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 194[15] | 102[15] | 106[15] | 1.8[15] | 1.0[15] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 232[15] | 107[15] | 116[15] | 2.0[15] | 0.9[15] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 217[15] | 107[15] | 130[15] | 1.7[15] | 0.8[15] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 207[15] | 119[15] | 127[15] | 1.6[15] | 0.9[15] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Community school[1]
- Ages
- 11–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 860[1]
- Local authority
- Hampshire[1]
- Website
- www.portchester.hants.sch.uk[1]
- District
- Fareham[16]
- Postcode
- PO16 9BD[1]
- URN
- 116418[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 692 2024/25[17]
- English as an additional language
- 3.8% 2024/25[17]
- SEN support
- 15.5% 2024/25[17]
- EHC plan
- 8.4% 2024/25[17]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 28.8% 2024/25[17]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 91.9%[18]
- Mixed
- 4.2%[18]
- Asian
- 2.8%[18]
- Black
- 0.4%[18]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0.1%[18]
- Unclassified
- 0.6%[18]
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.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. 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.