Secondary schools in Portsmouth
9 secondary schools in Portsmouth, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings. All-through schools, which take pupils from 4 to 18, are listed on both the primary and the secondary page for their town.
Portsmouth in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Portsmouth first 1,577 times for 1,586 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Portsmouth authority's 10 schools. 3 of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.07 miles (Admiral Lord Nelson School) to 1.72 miles (Trafalgar School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- St Edmund's Catholic School
- Springfield School
- The Portsmouth Academy
- Trafalgar School
- UTC Portsmouth
- Admiral Lord Nelson School
- Castle View Academy
- Miltoncross Academy
- Mayfield School
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Browse by authority: Portsmouth · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.