Portchester Community School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Fareham, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Portchester Community School is a secondary school in Fareham, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 January 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Portchester Community 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 31.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire is 21.9%.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Year 7 in 2026, as at 26 of the 65 other Hampshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026: 99 first-choice applications for 106 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 34% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- White Hart Lane, Portchester, Fareham, PO16 9BD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 688 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 January 2024
Strengths
- “This is a highly inclusive school.”
- “The individual needs of pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are well known by staff.”
- “One parent summed this up by saying, ‘The teachers are friendly and approachable with good knowledge of my child and their ability.”
To improve
- “Pupils acknowledge that bullying sometimes happens.”
- “However, in some subjects, the way new information is introduced, or the activities given, to pupils does not always help them to learn as well as they could.”
- “However, during breaktimes or lesson changeovers, some pupils do not always conduct themselves as well as the school intends.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 99 first-preference applications, 106 offers in total, 99 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Cams Hill School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bridgemary School 2.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- King's Academy Brune Park 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fareham Academy 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crofton School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Purbrook Park School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King's Academy Bay House 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Henry Cort Community College 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published