Ark Dickens Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led · Primary school · Portsmouth, Portsmouth

PO1 4PN

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

43.6

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#9,276

National rank

#1393

In South East

#11

In Portsmouth

Top 65%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

67%

% achieving higher RWM ?

Reading average scaled score ?

103.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

105.0

National avg ≈ 104

Reading progress ?

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Why no data?

Maths progress

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Why no data?

% RWM expected (year-on-year) 67% → 67% ▶ 0.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 448 % FSM ever-6 56.8% % EAL 30.1% Age range 2–11 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Location

Nearby primary schools

St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School Portsmouth · 0.4 mi 69.1 The Flying Bull Academy Portsmouth · 0.4 mi 11.0 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy Portsmouth · 0.6 mi 56.5 Penbridge Junior School Portsmouth · 0.7 mi 36.3 New Horizons Primary School Portsmouth · 0.7 mi 31.8 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Portsmouth · 0.8 mi 42.9 Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery Southsea · 1.0 mi 39.1 Fernhurst Junior School Southsea · 1.0 mi 36.9