Portfield Primary Academy
Primary schoolPortfield Primary Academy is a primary school in Chichester, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 288 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 13 January 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
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, 43% of pupils at Portfield Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in West Sussex and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 104 | 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- Chichester Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Good, June 2024150 m
- Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2023. 18% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- St Richard's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2022, before the school changed1.2 km
- Chichester High Schools Sixth FormSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.3 km
- The Prebendal SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.4 km
- St. Joseph's CofE Junior SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Chichester
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).