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Mary Rose Academy

Gisors Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 8GT

SOLENT ACADEMIES TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance92.2%
Attainment0% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils201

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (May 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance and early years strong standard; post-16 provision exceptional. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedOutstanding
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Outstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in PO4. Where we have them, council (Portsmouth) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
201
Free school meals
61.6%
38.7% above district average (22.9%)

Also: Portsmouth 59.5% · England 49.2%

SEN
100%
74.8% above district average (25.2%)

Also: Portsmouth 100% · England 99.9%

EAL
25.9%
4.2% above district average (21.7%)
Attendance
92.2%
3.3% below district average (95.5%)

Also: Portsmouth 78.3% · England 87.2%

Persistent absence
27.8%
Attainment
0% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the PO4 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2193.2%
  • 2021/2290.3%
  • 2022/2388.1%
  • 2023/2485.8%
  • 2024/2586.7%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/230%
  • 2023/240%
  • 2024/250%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
125
Pupils on roll
201

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Portsmouth page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
Special classes · SLD
Need types
SLD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates