Court Lane Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · 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, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Court Lane Infant Academy is a primary school in Portsmouth for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Court Lane Infant Academy 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 | 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 | 0.750 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.646 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 8 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 101 first-choice applications for 113 offers: 0.9 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 36 Portsmouth primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 11.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Portsmouth.
- 24 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Portsmouth.
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
- Hilary Avenue, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 2PP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 346 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “This is a happy and kind place where all pupils are welcome.”
- “Pupils are highly motivated to learn and achieve their best.”
- “They are happy and love their school.”
To improve
- “In some subjects in the wider curriculum, the school is compromising pupils’ depth of learning in order to give too broad a curriculum.”
- “At times, pupils’ learning is not as effective as it could be because teachers try to cover too much.”
- “This means pupils are not always clear on what subject-specific knowledge or skills they are learning or developing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 101 first-preference applications, 113 offers in total, 101 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.
- Court Lane Junior Academy 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Highbury Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Portsdown Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Medina Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Solent Junior School 0.8 mi Standards maintained
- Solent Infant School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Gatcombe Park Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) 1.4 mi Good