Penbridge Infant School
Primary · Portsmouth · PO1 5BG
Data updated
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 15 September 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
207 pupils · 87% of 238 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 35.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 29.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 20.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 16.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 145659
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 40 families named it first for 46 Reception places, 0.87 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 15 September 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.87 first-choice applications per place46 places offered · 40 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Portsmouth school admissions · the wider Portsmouth authority
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Specific Learning Difficulty
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Moderate Learning Difficulty
Provision type: SEN unit.
- SEN unit
- 24 of 24 places taken full, or over capacity
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 49% (Portsmouth 62%, England 60%) · Black African 12% (Portsmouth 9%, England 5%) · Any other White background 12% (Portsmouth 7%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 9% (Portsmouth 4%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 4% (Portsmouth 3%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Portsmouth 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Portsmouth 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Portsmouth 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Portsmouth 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Portsmouth 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Portsmouth 1%, England 5%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
12.08 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Portsmouth: 3.19 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 2% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,932; 23.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Inspection history since 2015
- 14 September 2022: School remains Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 28.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 15.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 20.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 17.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 46.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 36.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 15.9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 47.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 32.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 12.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 40.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017080 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £230,000856 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £192,000–£265,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 12an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 33an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 156an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 30an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted