Schools in Southsea
Southsea has 13 schools including 10 primaries and 2 secondaries, all within Portsmouth City Council's admissions area. The fill rate tells a clear story: the average across all 13 schools is 96 per cent, and five are oversubscribed — making Southsea one of the higher-pressure primary markets on the south coast.
Two schools carry Roman Catholic or Church of England faith designation. Five operate as academies with their own admissions. Of the three schools with recent Ofsted grades on record, two are rated Good or Outstanding. Parents should apply early and consider realistic distances from previous years, which Portsmouth publishes in its annual admissions booklet.
School demand in Southsea
Across the 13 schools in Southsea with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 96%. 5 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.
2 schools in Southsea have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
5 of the schools in Southsea 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.
3 of the schools in Southsea have a current Ofsted rating, of which 2 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Southsea: 4 oversubscribed (10)
Bramble Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Southsea · PO4 0DT
Devonshire Infant School
Primary · Community school
Southsea · PO4 0AG
Cumberland Infant School
Primary · Community school
Southsea · PO4 9HJ
Southsea Infant School
Primary · Community school
Southsea · PO5 2SR
Fernhurst Junior School
Primary · Community school
Southsea · PO4 0AG
Craneswater Junior School
Primary · Community school
Southsea · PO4 0PX
St Swithun's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Southsea · PO5 2RG
Moorings Way Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Southsea · PO4 8YJ
Meon Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Southsea · PO4 8NT
Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Southsea · PO5 1HG
Secondary Schools in Southsea (2)
Other Schools in Southsea (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Southsea 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.