SCHOOL PROFILE

Priory School: data, trends and context

Priory School is a secondary school in Portsmouth. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
141175
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Portsmouth
Region
South East
Trust
BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
PO4 0DL
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,278
FSM eligible
35.2%
EAL / First language other than English
17.4%
SEND (total)
16.3%
SEN Support
13.2%
EHCP
3.1%
White British
65.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.6%
Overall absence
9.4%
Persistent absence
23.6%
Severe absence
5.4%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
PortsmouthLocal authority90.1%9.9%4.8%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
17.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.3%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
44.7
English & maths grade 5+
43.8%
English & maths grade 4+
67.4%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Priory School is a secondary school in Portsmouth. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.