All-through
The Harbour School
Tipner Lane, Tipner, Portsmouth, PO2 8RA
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 169 of 200 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 2.3
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Trust
- SOUTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 96.1
- Pupils per adult
- 1.1
- Pupils
- 101
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 March 2026
- AchievementUrgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionUrgent improvement
- Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeingUrgent improvement
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
December 2024
Previous framework
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
December 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
0%
3.0
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 91 |
| Average reading score | 114 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 | 3 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.15 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 3% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
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 time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 0% |
| 22/23 | 3% |
| 23/24 | 3% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -2.74 |
| 22/23 | -2.31 |
| 23/24 | -2.31 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 6.3 |
| 22/23 | 5.5 |
| 23/24 | 7.1 |
| 24/25 | 3.0 |
Tipner Lane, Tipner, Portsmouth, PO2 8RA
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.
Portsmouth 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
- Head of School
- Sian Lacey
- Address
- Tipner Lane, Tipner, Portsmouth, PO2 8RA
- Telephone
- 02392665664