Copnor Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Portsmouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.754 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.
Copnor 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 8 July 2025. Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Copnor 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 | 0.754 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 | 0.392 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.557 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.974 mi |
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 0.754 miles away, the 6th longest of the 16 Portsmouth primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 89 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 82 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- Reception last distances have swung sharply between years, and every applicant was offered a place in 5 of the 9 years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 1% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Copnor Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5BZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 632 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to show the school’s values of resilience, respect and teamwork.”
- “These values are clear in how pupils work, behave and treat others.”
- “Staff and pupils have strong, caring relationships.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of curriculum areas are still being refined.”
- “In these subjects, the work that pupils complete is not always sufficiently focused on helping them build the most important knowledge.”
- “As a result, they may not develop a secure understanding of key concepts in these areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 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) | 51% | 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: 89 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 82 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.
- King's Academy College Park (Infant) 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- King's Academy College Park (Junior) 0.4 mi Not judged
- Penbridge Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Westover Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- New Horizons Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Langstone Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manor Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published