St Paul's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Portsmouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.835 miles
Published by Portsmouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Paul's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Portsmouth for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2023. Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Paul's Catholic 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 | 0.835 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.835 miles from the school, the 4th longest of 16 Portsmouth primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 73% met the expected standard, highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Portsmouth that have results.
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
- Bourne Road, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth, PO6 4JD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 272 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to be members of this vibrant school.”
- “They welcome newly arrived pupils and support them to quickly form strong friendships.”
- “Pupils actively involve others in their play and seek to support anyone who needs help.”
To improve
- “There is variation in the effectiveness of assessment.”
- “However, in some foundation subjects, assessment does not revisit pupils’ earlier learning or accurately identify when they have knowledge gaps.”
- “This hinders how well pupils know and remember more over time in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2024 (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) | 73% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Beacon View Primary Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Victory Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Medina Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Portsdown Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Court Lane Infant Academy 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Court Lane Junior Academy 1.6 mi School remains Good
- Highbury Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) 1.8 mi Good