Portfield Primary Academy

About Portfield Primary Academy

Portfield Primary Academy in Chichester holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained since its last graded inspection in 2016, with a subsequent ungraded visit in 2021 confirming the school remains Good. The most telling academic metric for this primary school is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which sits at 45%. That figure is notably below the West Sussex local authority average of 56%, placing Portfield in the bottom half of schools nationally on this measure. The school’s ranking within Chichester is 24th out of 38 primary schools, and it falls in the bottom 50% tier nationally. However, the picture is not uniformly low: 69% of pupils met the expected standard in writing, and 62% did so in maths, both closer to national norms. Reading is the weaker area, with only 48% reaching the expected level. At the higher standard, the school achieves 10% across reading, writing and maths combined, with writing the strongest at 17%.

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