Porchester Junior School
Primary · Nottingham · NG4 1LF
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 14 April 2026 · report published 19 May 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
178 pupils · 99% of 180 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 28.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 9.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 16.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils
- Website
- www.porchester.notts.sch.uk/
- URN
- 143887
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
45 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 17% 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
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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
- 14 April 2026: Strong standard
- 12 October 2021: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.