Schools in Portsmouth
Portsmouth has 53 schools - 35 primary and 8 secondary - managed under Portsmouth City Council's co-ordinated admissions scheme. As a densely populated island city, catchment areas are comparatively compact and last distances offered at oversubscribed primaries can be as short as a few hundred metres.
Portsmouth City Council publishes annual admissions booklets with catchment maps and last-distance-offered data for each round. Several Portsmouth secondaries are academies that set their own oversubscription criteria, so parents should read each school's individual policy rather than assuming council-wide rules apply.
School demand in Portsmouth
Across the 51 schools in Portsmouth with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 11 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Portsmouth have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
37 of the schools in Portsmouth are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Portsmouth, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
19 of the schools in Portsmouth have a current Ofsted rating, of which 18 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Portsmouth: 4 oversubscribed (35)
Medina Primary School
Primary · Community school
Portsmouth · PO6 3NH
Manor Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Portsmouth · PO1 5QR
Portsdown Primary School
Primary · Community school
Portsmouth · PO6 3JL
St Jude's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Portsmouth · PO1 2NZ
St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Portsmouth · PO1 3BN
St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Portsmouth · PO1 1PX
St Paul's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Portsmouth · PO6 4JD
Beacon View Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Portsmouth · PO6 3PS
The Victory Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Portsmouth · PO6 4QP
Ark Ayrton Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Portsmouth · PO5 4LS
The Flying Bull Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO2 7BJ
Ark Dickens Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Portsmouth · PO1 4PN
Copnor Primary School
Primary · Community school
Portsmouth · PO3 5BZ
New Horizons Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO2 7JB
Penbridge Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO2 7RW
Gatcombe Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO2 0UR
Westover Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO3 6NS
Court Lane Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO6 2PP
Court Lane Junior Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO6 2PP
Solent Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO6 1DH
Highbury Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO6 2RZ
Solent Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO6 1HJ
Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO1 1FG
King's Academy College Park (Junior)
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO2 0NT
Meon Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO4 8NT
Langstone Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO3 6EZ
King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior)
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO2 9NE
King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO2 9NJ
King's Academy College Park (Infant)
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO2 0NT
Penbridge Infant School & Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO1 5BG
Stamshaw Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO2 8NW
Stamshaw Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO2 8QH
Wimborne Primary School
Primary · Community school
Portsmouth · PO4 8DE
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Portsmouth · PO2 9AX
Milton Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO4 8ET
Secondary Schools in Portsmouth (8)
St Edmund's Catholic School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school
Portsmouth · PO1 1RX
The Portsmouth Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Portsmouth · PO1 5PF
Miltoncross Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Portsmouth · PO3 6RB
Admiral Lord Nelson School
Secondary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO3 5XT
Trafalgar School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Portsmouth · PO2 9RJ
UTC Portsmouth
Secondary · University technical college
Portsmouth · PO2 9DU
Springfield School
Secondary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO6 1QY
Castle View Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Portsmouth · PO6 4QP
Other Schools in Portsmouth (10)
The Portsmouth Grammar School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Portsmouth · PO1 2LN
City of Portsmouth College
All through · Further education
Portsmouth · PO6 2SA
University of Portsmouth
Not applicable · Higher education institutions
Portsmouth · PO1 2UP
Cliffdale Primary Academy
Not applicable · Academy special sponsor led
Portsmouth · PO2 0SN
Mary Rose Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Portsmouth · PO4 8GT
Madani Academy
Not applicable · Other independent school
Portsmouth · PO1 4JZ
Redwood Park Academy
Not applicable · Academy special sponsor led
Portsmouth · PO6 2RY
The Harbour School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Portsmouth · PO2 8RA
The Wymering School
Not applicable · Free schools special
Portsmouth · PO6 3YB
Mayfield School
Special · Academy sponsor led
Portsmouth · PO2 0RH
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Portsmouth are set by Portsmouth and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.