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Southsea Infant School

Primary · Southsea · PO5 2SR

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 24 January 2024

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At a glance

167 pupils · 93% of 180 capacity

School type
Community school
Age range
4–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
17.4% of pupils
English as additional language
22.8% of pupils
SEN support
8.8% of pupils
EHC plan
7.6% of pupils
Website
www.southsea.portsmouth.sch.uk/
URN
116200

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.76 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,611
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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