Primary
Portfield Primary Academy
St James Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7HA
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 288 of 285 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 28.2
- Pupils per adult
- 9.2
- Pupils
- 259
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
July 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
SATs results
43%
16 points below the West Sussex average (59% across 189 schools)
101.0
4.6 below the West Sussex average (105.6 across 189 schools)
189th of 192 by our score, among the primary schools in West Sussex we can score - 229 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 100 |
| Average reading score | 101 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 43% |
| Working at a higher standard | 10% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 45% |
| 24/25 | 43% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 99.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
St James Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7HA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
West Sussex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Andrew Strong
- Address
- St James Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7HA
- Telephone
- 01243783939