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Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMs Ruth Worswick

corporate_fareUNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER (MULTI) ACADEMY TRUST

location_onPortsmouth, PO1 1FG

language Visit Website phone 2392824893

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2015

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Students

617

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Expected Standard

35%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery is a Academy converter primary school in Portsmouth, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 95% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery is an academy converter in Portsmouth, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER (MULTI) ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 692 pupils on roll, of whom 63% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 35% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #31 of 32 primaries in Portsmouth and #12,982 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2015. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.7:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 2.6 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

35%

LA 51%

Reading59% LA 65%

Writing50% LA 63%

Maths50% LA 62%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

35%

LA 49%England 61%

Reading60% LA 65% · Eng 74%

Writing52% LA 60% · Eng 72%

Maths53% LA 63% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

31%

LA 48%England 60%

Reading47% LA 63% · Eng 73%

Writing53% LA 61% · Eng 71%

Maths43% LA 64% · Eng 73%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-4.3

Read

LA -1.5

-5.8 to -2.9

-3.1

Write

LA -2.0

-4.4 to -1.7

-4.9

Maths

LA -1.4

-6.2 to -3.5

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

52%

LA 55%England 65%

Reading61% LA 64% · Eng 73%

Writing72% LA 72% · Eng 78%

Maths72% LA 72% · Eng 79%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.1

Read

LA -1.5

-3.6 to -0.6

-4.2

Write

LA -2.3

-5.5 to -2.8

-2.0

Maths

LA -1.8

-3.3 to -0.6

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

58%

LA 53%

Reading74% LA 66%

Writing75% LA 70%

Maths79% LA 64%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.5

Read

LA -1.9

-2.9 to -0.1

-2.3

Write

LA -2.3

-3.7 to -0.9

-0.7

Maths

LA -2.1

-2 to 0.6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

1 Evaluations

2015-06-18

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

2.7%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.2%(8 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 692 pupils. During this period, there were 19 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 2.7%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

View Historical Disciplinary Records (2017–2025)keyboard_arrow_down

Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	692	19	2.7%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	670	16	2.4%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	662	32	4.8%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	649	11	1.7%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	613	9	1.5%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	613	2	0.3%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	617	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	610	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	608	2	0.3%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	601	5	0.8%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	599	3	0.5%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	609	1	0.2%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	594	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	587	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	596	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	596	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	585	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	595	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	593	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	586	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	597	4	0.7%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	585	2	0.3%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	579	5	0.9%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 90 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 26 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 19 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 11 pupils

Physical Disability 5 pupils

Hearing Impairment 3 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 2 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils