Wimborne Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Portsmouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.531 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.
Wimborne Primary School is a primary school in Portsmouth for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 June 2023. Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Wimborne 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 | 0.531 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.298 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.27 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.224 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.409 mi |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | 0.19 mi |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | 0.463 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.531 miles, 8th shortest of 16 Portsmouth primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, this one included.
- Reception distances have swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 72 first-choice applications for 70 offers; 67 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- 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
- Wimborne Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 8DE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 557 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 June 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders encourage all pupils to ‘reach for the stars’ at this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils behave very well indeed.”
- “When any rare incidents do happen, staff deal with them in a well-informed, calm manner.”
To improve
- “However, the effectiveness of support is inconsistent across classes.”
- “As a result, not all pupils are catching up as quickly as they could.”
- “However, as the curriculum is relatively new, assessment processes are not completely secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 July 2023 (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: 72 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 67 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.
- Cumberland Infant School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Milton Park Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Fernhurst Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Devonshire Infant School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meon Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meon Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bramble Infant School and Nursery 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Craneswater Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good