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

Voluntary controlled school · Primary school · Portsmouth, Portsmouth
PO1 3BN
Composite score
44.8

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

Located in Portsmouth, 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). 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 further down the page.

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#9,182
National rank
#1367
In South East
#8
In Portsmouth
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

School profile

Pupils on roll 303 % FSM ever-6 55.8% % EAL 42.2% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Location

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