Portchester Community School

Community school · Secondary school · Fareham, Hampshire
PO16 9BD
Composite score
52.2

Portchester Community School at a glance

Located in Fareham, Hampshire, Portchester Community School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 692 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 41.8, below the national average of 46. That is down 1.5 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 54% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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#2,258
National rank
#336
In South East
#49
In Hampshire
Top 71%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
34%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
54%
% EBacc grade 5+
4%
EBacc average points score
3.51

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Pupils on roll 692 % FSM ever-6 28.8% % EAL 3.8% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed

Location

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