Admiral Lord Nelson School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Portsmouth
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.068 miles
Published by Portsmouth City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Admiral Lord Nelson School is a secondary school in Portsmouth for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Admiral Lord Nelson 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 | 1.068 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 0.828 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 0.907 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.225 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 1.402 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 1.143 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 1.531 mi |
| Year 7 2019 | 1.614 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 0.997 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.068 miles away, the 3rd longest of 5 Portsmouth secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- For Year 7 entry, that 2026 distance was further than in 2025, and the distance has swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry there were 288 first-choice applications for 248 offers, with 233 offers going to first-choice families and 55 first-choice families not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 34% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 40.4 (England 46).
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
- Dundas Lane, Portsmouth, PO3 5XT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 1,245 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Admiral Lord Nelson School live up to the school’s ethos of ‘Dare to dream, aim to achieve’.”
- “Pupils benefit from a rich and ambitious curriculum that prepares them well for life beyond school.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning and value the expertise of their teachers.”
To improve
- “Leaders are aware of the small number of lessons where this is not yet consistent.”
- “However, this is not yet consistent.”
- “In some lessons, the adaptations are not as precise as they could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 2026 (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) | 40.4 | 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: 288 first-preference applications, 248 offers in total, 233 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 Portsmouth.
- Trafalgar School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- UTC Portsmouth 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Miltoncross Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Portsmouth Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springfield School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Priory School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Edmund's Catholic School 2.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Ark Charter Academy 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published