Fee-paying schools in PO4, Portsmouth

4 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central PO4, the nearest being Mayville High School at 0.9 mi, 2 of them selective, 1 single-sex. Nearest first; each age range is the school's own statutory range, which decides whether it takes a given year group.

School	Distance	Ages	Takes
Mayville High School	0.9 mi	2 to 16	All-through Selective
Madani Academy	1.2 mi	5 to 16	All-through Selective
Portsmouth High School GDST	1.4 mi	2 to 19	All-through Girls
The Portsmouth Grammar School	1.7 mi	2 to 19	All-through

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Mayville High School are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show. Fees are not open data either.

The state schools alongside them

PO4 also holds 35 state primary and 9 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for PO4 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in PO4?

4 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central PO4, Portsmouth, from the Department for Education's register. Each one's age range, whether it selects and how full it is are listed on this page.

Do private schools in PO4 have Ofsted ratings?

No, and a blank rating is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show.

Are private schools in PO4 selective?

2 of the 4 select on ability at entry, according to their admissions policy on the register. The rest do not, though most fee-paying schools still assess applicants in some way.

Are there single-sex private schools in PO4?

1 of the 4 take boys only or girls only. The rest are mixed.

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools. Read how every figure here is sourced on the methodology page. If something looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.