Fee-paying schools in PO5, Portsmouth

4 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central PO5, the nearest being Portsmouth High School GDST at 0.3 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
Portsmouth High School GDST	0.3 mi	2 to 19	All-through Girls
Mayville High School	0.5 mi	2 to 16	All-through Selective
The Portsmouth Grammar School	0.7 mi	2 to 19	All-through
Madani Academy	1.2 mi	5 to 16	All-through Selective

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Portsmouth High School GDST 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

PO5 also holds 35 state primary and 9 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for PO5 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in PO5?

4 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central PO5, 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 PO5 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 PO5 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 PO5?

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.