Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery[1]

Primary · ages 2–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 53% 53% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 53% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 4% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 104 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 103 2024/25[2]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	45%[3]	2%[3]	102[3]	102[3]
2022/23	39%[4]	0%[4]	102[4]	101[4]

Ofsted

No published data for this school.

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 1.6 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Applications (any preference): 93 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences: 53 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Places offered: 58 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[5]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	112[5]	41[5]	46[5]	2.4[5]	0.9[5]
Entry Sept 2024	101[5]	53[5]	60[5]	1.7[5]	0.9[5]
Entry Sept 2023	63[5]	40[5]	40[5]	1.6[5]	1.0[5]
Entry Sept 2022	70[5]	47[5]	48[5]	1.5[5]	1.0[5]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 2–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 450[1]
Trust: GATEWAY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority: Portsmouth[1]
Website: www.cottagegrove.co.uk/[1]
District: Portsmouth [6]
Postcode: PO5 1HG[1]
URN: 148709[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 477 2024/25[7]
English as an additional language: 53.9% 2024/25[7]
SEN support: 19.9% 2024/25[7]
EHC plan: 3.6% 2024/25[7]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 46% 2024/25[7]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 32.7%[8]
Mixed: 5%[8]
Asian: 25.3%[8]
Black: 22.9%[8]
Any other ethnic group: 13.9%[8]
Unclassified: 0.2%[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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. 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.