Devonshire Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Southsea, Portsmouth
Devonshire Infant School is a primary school in Southsea, Portsmouth for ages 4–7 (community school). Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Francis Avenue, Southsea, PO4 0AG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 171 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils experience a warm start to each school day.”
- “This helps families feel a secure sense of community and belonging from the moment that they arrive.”
- “This shared start helps pupils to feel settled and ready to learn.”
To improve
- “Some pupils still have gaps in their understanding where they have missed key learning.”
- “This limits how securely they build their knowledge.”
- “However, attendance is not yet consistently high for all pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 44 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2018 to 2026, as Portsmouth published it, drawn on the map
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Straight-line distance, in Portsmouth.
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