# Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery

Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Portsmouth, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 462 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E148709. [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 462
- Council: Portsmouth
- URN: 148709

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), June 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 25 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 53% of pupils at Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 54% in Portsmouth and 62% in England.
4% 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 | 53% | 54% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 3% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Portsmouth High School GDST](https://openindex.co.uk/school/portsmouth-high-school-gdst-e116581): 540 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Ark Charter Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-charter-academy-e135965): 580 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 39.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Ark Ayrton Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-ayrton-primary-academy-e139713): 630 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Southsea Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/southsea-infant-school-e116200): 790 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- [St Jude's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-judes-cofe-primary-school-e116344): 870 m. Primary. School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, July 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Edmund's Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edmunds-catholic-school-e116505): 870 m. Secondary. School remains Outstanding, June 2022. Attainment 8 of 56.0 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/148709)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148709)

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