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Catchment distances

Portsmouth school catchment distances

The last distance offered at 12 Portsmouth schools, 2023 to 2026, copied from the allocation figures Portsmouth council publishes after offer day. Open a school for its admission rules, the source document and how your postcode compares.

Reception (primary and infant schools)

36 Portsmouth schools · last distance offered, 2024–2026

School202620252024Applications per place
Ark Ayrton Primary AcademyPO5 4LSAll offeredAll offered—2.3 (2026)
Ark Dickens Primary AcademyPO1 4PNAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.6 (2026)
Arundel Court Primary Academy and NurseryPO1 1FGAll offeredAll offered—1.8 (2026)
Beacon View Primary AcademyPO6 3PSAll offeredAll offered—1.5 (2026)
Bramble Infant School and NurseryPO4 0DTAll offered——2.2 (2026)
Copnor Primary SchoolPO3 5BZ—All offeredAll offered2.2 (2025)
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolPO2 9AX—All offeredAll offered1.9 (2025)
Cottage Grove Primary School and NurseryPO5 1HGAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.6 (2026)
Court Lane Infant AcademyPO6 2PPAll offeredAll offeredAll offered2.0 (2026)
Court Lane Junior AcademyPO6 2PP———1.2 (2023)
Devonshire Infant SchoolPO4 0AGAll offeredAll offered—2.4 (2026)
Highbury Primary SchoolPO6 2RZ—All offeredAll offered1.7 (2025)
King's Academy College Park (Infant)PO2 0NTAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.6 (2026)
King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)PO2 9NJAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.4 (2026)
Langstone Infant School———1.6 (2023)
Manor Infant and Nursery SchoolPO1 5QRAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.5 (2026)
Mayfield SchoolPO2 0RHAll offeredAll offered—2.1 (2026)
Mayfield SchoolPO2 0RH——All offered0.6 (2024)
Medina Primary SchoolPO6 3NHAll offered——2.1 (2026)
Meon Infant SchoolPO4 8NTAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.7 (2026)
Meon Junior SchoolPO4 8NT——All offered1.2 (2024)
Milton Park Primary SchoolPO4 8ETAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.8 (2026)
Moorings Way Infant SchoolPO4 8YJ—All offered—1.8 (2025)
New Horizons Primary SchoolPO2 7JB—All offeredAll offered1.4 (2025)
Penbridge Infant School & NurseryPO1 5BGAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.7 (2026)
Penbridge Junior SchoolPO2 7RW——All offered0.9 (2024)
Portsdown Primary SchoolPO6 3JLAll offeredAll offeredAll offered0.9 (2026)
Solent Junior SchoolPO6 1HJ——All offered1.3 (2024)
Southsea Infant SchoolPO5 2SRAll offeredAll offered—2.6 (2026)
St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary SchoolPO1 3BNAll offered——1.3 (2026)
St Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolPO6 4JD—All offeredAll offered1.0 (2025)
Stamshaw Infant AcademyPO2 8NWAll offered——1.6 (2026)
Stamshaw Junior SchoolPO2 8QH———0.8 (2023)
The Flying Bull AcademyPO2 7BJAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.2 (2026)
The Victory Primary SchoolPO6 4QP—All offeredAll offered1.3 (2025)
Westover Primary SchoolPO3 6NS———2.3 (2023)

Year 3 (junior schools)

12 Portsmouth schools · last distance offered, 2024–2026

School202620252024Applications per place
Copnor Primary SchoolPO3 5BZ—All offeredAll offered2.7 (2025)
Court Lane Junior AcademyPO6 2PPAll offered—All offered1.3 (2026)
Craneswater Junior SchoolPO4 0PX———1.3 (2023)
Fernhurst Junior SchoolPO4 0AGAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.5 (2026)
King's Academy College Park (Junior)PO2 0NTAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.0 (2026)
King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior)PO2 9NEAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.1 (2026)
Mayfield SchoolPO2 0RH——All offered2.4 (2024)
Meon Junior SchoolPO4 8NTAll offered——1.2 (2026)
Penbridge Junior SchoolPO2 7RWAll offeredAll offered—0.9 (2026)
Solent Junior SchoolPO6 1HJ—All offered—1.5 (2025)
Stamshaw Junior SchoolPO2 8QHAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.1 (2026)
Wimborne Primary SchoolPO4 8DE—All offered—6.5 (2025)

Year 7 (secondary schools)

11 Portsmouth schools · last distance offered, 2024–2026

Shortest distances in 2026: St Edmund's Catholic School (0.82 km), Priory School (1.62 km) and Admiral Lord Nelson School (1.72 km).

School202620252024Applications per place
Admiral Lord Nelson SchoolPO3 5XT1.72 km1.33 km1.46 km3.2 (2026)
Ark Charter AcademyPO5 4HL1.78 kmAll offeredAll offered2.1 (2026)
Castle View AcademyPO6 4QPAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.1 (2026)
Mayfield SchoolPO2 0RH1.81 kmAll offered—3.8 (2026)
Mayfield SchoolPO2 0RH——All offered3.0 (2024)
Miltoncross AcademyPO3 6RBAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.9 (2026)
Priory SchoolPO4 0DL1.62 km1.42 km1.04 km2.8 (2026)
Springfield SchoolPO6 1QYAll offeredAll offeredAll offered1.8 (2026)
St Edmund's Catholic SchoolPO1 1RX0.82 km1.17 km1.56 km2.9 (2026)
The Portsmouth AcademyPO1 5PFAll offeredAll offered2.26 km1.9 (2026)
Trafalgar SchoolPO2 9RJ2.77 km3.25 km1.16 km2.9 (2026)

Reading these figures

  • “All offered” means every applicant who named the school was offered a place that year, so there was no cut-off.
  • A dash means the council published no distance for that school and year: it may have filled on other rules, such as faith or banding.
  • Distances move every year with sibling numbers and year-group size. Check several years, and the council’s admission arrangements for the year you apply.