King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)
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.
King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) is a primary school in Portsmouth for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) 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 | 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 19 of the 35 other Portsmouth primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- It has 22.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.9 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
- Kipling Road, Hilsea, Portsmouth, PO2 9NJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 231 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils learn well at this caring and supportive school.”
- “Strong professional relationships between both adults and pupils and between pupils permeate throughout.”
- “Pupils focus well on learning, with minimal disruption in lessons.”
To improve
- “In the past, the school has not achieved this.”
- “This has led to poor national test results in reading, writing and mathematics.”
- “However, in a few subjects, what pupils must learn is not identified precisely enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 October 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 54 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 54 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 Northern Parade (Junior) 0.0 mi Good
- Gatcombe Park Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Stamshaw Infant Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stamshaw Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- King's Academy College Park (Junior) 0.6 mi Not judged
- King's Academy College Park (Infant) 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- New Horizons Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published