Medina Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Portsmouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Portsmouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Medina Primary School is a primary school in Portsmouth for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Medina Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 0.276 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.366 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | 0.59 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.484 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.475 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 58% (England 62%), 4th highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Portsmouth that have results.
- 21 first-choice applications for 25 offers in Reception 2026: 0.8 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 36 Portsmouth primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 5 of the 7 earlier years.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Portsmouth schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Medina Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3NH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “A strong, inclusive ethos is at the heart of this school.”
- “It is committed to serving and welcoming all pupils and their families.”
- “The care given to pupils by staff means that pupils love coming to school.”
To improve
- “The previous difficulties are reflected in the low provisional published outcomes in 2024.”
- “However, in a few subjects, the school has not established strong systems for checking if pupils have remembered previously taught knowledge.”
- “This means that in these instances, staff do not have the strategies to build pupils’ understanding over time as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 58% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 21 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 21 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Portsmouth.
- Portsdown Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Court Lane Infant Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Court Lane Junior Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Beacon View Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Highbury Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gatcombe Park Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) 1.2 mi Good