Cliffdale Primary Academy
Special schoolCliffdale Primary Academy is a special school in Portsmouth, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 218 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 18 November 2025
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Strong 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 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Cliffdale 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 | 0% | 54% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 3% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 103 | 105 |
- Cliffdale Primary Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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- Mayfield SchoolAll-through. Inadequate (overall), November 2022, before the school changed, serious weaknesses. Attainment 8 of 31.1 (2025/26, provisional)190 m
- King's Academy College Park (Junior)Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
- King's Academy College Park (Infant)Primary. Good (overall), November 2023580 m
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)Primary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade610 m
- Gatcombe Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)640 m
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior)Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 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).