Penbridge Infant School & Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · 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.
Penbridge Infant School & Nursery is a primary school in Portsmouth for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 September 2022. Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Penbridge Infant School & Nursery 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 40 first-choice applications for 46 offers, which is 0.9 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 36 Portsmouth primary schools.
- In that Reception 2026 entry, 39 offers went to first-choice families, so 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place; 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The school has 15.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.3 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
- Lincoln Road, Fratton, Portsmouth, PO1 5BG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy attending this welcoming school.”
- “Those in the early years make a positive start to their school days, settling quickly into the routines.”
- “Even the youngest children feel safe and secure.”
To improve
- “However, in mathematics, this is not the case.”
- “As a result, pupils do not develop their early mathematical understanding in a logical way.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 40 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 39 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.
- St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fernhurst Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Devonshire Infant School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bramble Infant School and Nursery 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Manor Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ark Dickens Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published