King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)

Academy converter·Infant school Portsmouth·PO2 9NJ

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

54 first choices, 57 places

First choices per place

0.95

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

127

any preference, for 57 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9020220.9020230.9220240.9120250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

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

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 245
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

23.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

22.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

9.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.8%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

20.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

31.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,327

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) Portsmouth · 0.1 mi 33.5 Gatcombe Park Primary School Portsmouth · 0.3 mi 41.0 Stamshaw Junior School Portsmouth · 0.6 mi 30.6 King's Academy College Park (Junior) Portsmouth · 0.6 mi 42.0 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Portsmouth · 0.7 mi 42.9 Copnor Primary School Portsmouth · 0.9 mi 34.3 New Horizons Primary School Portsmouth · 0.9 mi 31.8 Highbury Primary School Portsmouth · 1.0 mi 52.6

Location

Official sources

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

About King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)

King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) is a primary school in Portsmouth, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 245 pupils aged 4 to 7 attend the school.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) their first choice was offered one of its 57 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 31.0 pupils per teacher. King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) 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.