# Portfield Primary Academy

Portfield 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.

Primary school. Code E138402. [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 288
- Council: Chichester
- URN: 138402

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report 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
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, 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

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

- [Chichester Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chichester-nursery-school-e125808): 150 m. Nursery. School remains Good, June 2024
- [Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rumboldswhyke-cofe-primary-school-e148184): 790 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023. 18% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Richard's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-richards-catholic-primary-school-e151782): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), February 2022, before the school changed
- [Chichester High Schools Sixth Form](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chichester-high-schools-sixth-form-e133043): 1.3 km. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [The Prebendal School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-prebendal-school-e126122): 1.4 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [St. Joseph's CofE Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-cofe-junior-school-e143553): 1.4 km. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/138402)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/138402)

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