Langstone Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Portsmouth·PO3 6EZ
Composite score
44.7
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National rank
#1382
In South East
#9
In Portsmouth
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
80%
105 first choices, 90 places
First choices per place
1.17
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
176
any preference, for 90 places
Last place offered lived
0.30 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 489 m

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
618
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,152
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Langstone Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Portsmouth, Langstone Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 618 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 12.0 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 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 80% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (105 first choices for 90 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.30 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. Langstone Primary Academy 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.

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