Admiral Lord Nelson School
Secondary schoolAdmiral Lord Nelson School is a secondary school in Portsmouth, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,245 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 9 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Admiral Lord Nelson School was 41.5, against 39.3 in Portsmouth and 46.2 in England.
32.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Portsmouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 41.5 | 39.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32.9% | 34.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58.5% | 55.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 234 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Copnor Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- Westover Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2022. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)970 m
- Mayfield SchoolAll-through. Inadequate (overall), November 2022, before the school changed, serious weaknesses. Attainment 8 of 31.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
- Cliffdale Primary AcademySpecial. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met1.4 km
- King's Academy College Park (Junior)Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- King's Academy College Park (Infant)Primary. Good (overall), November 20231.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Portsmouth
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).