Ark Dickens Primary Academy
Primary schoolArk Dickens Primary Academy is a primary school in Portsmouth, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 446 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, April 2025
Before that: Good (overall), November 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 12 November 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 2 April 2025
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 2024/25, 67% of pupils at Ark Dickens Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 54% in Portsmouth and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Portsmouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 54% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 3% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 103 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 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- Madani AcademyIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file440 m
- Arundel Court Primary Academy and NurseryPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)440 m
- Manor Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024590 m
- The Portsmouth AcademySecondary. School remains Good, April 2022. Attainment 8 of 34.5 (2025/26, provisional)600 m
- The Flying Bull AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 17% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
- St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)640 m
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).