St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School

St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School at a glance

Located in Portsmouth, St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 303 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 26.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 25 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 15.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 56% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.