Beacon View Primary Academy, Portsmouth
Beacon View Primary Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Portsmouth, part of United Learning Trust. It was rated Requires improvement at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in September 2022. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in July 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 26th-highest of the 28 schools in Portsmouth with published results, and 13,886th of 14,452 across England. It was 62% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement (2022)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Portsmouth (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Beacon View Primary Academy in detail
Beacon View Primary Academy in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils at Beacon View Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 47% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 70% and 68% in Portsmouth and 77% and 75% across England.
Results were similar in 2024 (58% in reading, 45% in maths).
Getting a place at Beacon View Primary Academy
For September 2026 entry, 21 families put Beacon View Primary Academy as their first choice and 44 named it as one of their preferences, for 22 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Beacon View Primary Academy
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Beacon View Primary Academy are St Paul's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 81% reading, 75% maths); Medina Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 68% reading, 65% maths); Portsdown Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 44% reading, 51% maths); and The Victory Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 73% reading, 69% maths).
Beacon View Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.
St Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolMedina Primary SchoolPortsdown Primary SchoolThe Victory Primary School
The trust
Beacon View Primary Academy is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
What parents say
16 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Beacon View Primary Academy (as of September 2025): 75% would recommend the school, 81% say their child is happy there and 38% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (81%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (38%).
Who goes there
54.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 6.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cosham Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Walford Road (e-bound), 120 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Beacon View Primary Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 212 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Portsmouth (499).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Beacon View Primary Academy issued 53 suspensions, 19.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Beacon View Primary Academy are Castle View Academy (0.9 miles) and Portchester Community School (1.6 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's July 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Beacon View provides an exceptional learning environment where children are happy, confident and well-supported. The school goes above and beyond with an amazing range of experiences and activities that develop children's talents and character. Teachers really know your child and their family, creating positive relationships that help every pupil, including those with additional needs, to thrive.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional personal development opportunities including the 'Beacon View Charter' with experiences like visiting the beach and learning musical instruments
- Outstanding early years provision with high-quality learning and expert practitioners who give children the best start
- Strong focus on reading with highly skilled phonics teaching from nursery onwards, enabling pupils to access the wider curriculum
- Calm, harmonious learning environment with consistent behaviour management and very rare low-level disruption
- Effective support for pupils with SEND, with rapid identification and tailored adaptations to ensure equal access to learning
Areas for Improvement
- Assessment not used consistently in some subjects to identify and address misconceptions, leading to gaps in pupils' knowledge
- Published outcomes at key stage 2 remain significantly below average in most areas
- Need to ensure systematic assessment checks across all subjects to help pupils build knowledge over time
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with strong safeguarding culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Beach visits, musical instrument learning, prefect and digital leader roles, wide range of community engagement activities
Beacon View Primary Academy is a good school where pupils are joyful and enthusiastic learners who follow school values of respect, responsibility and resilience. The school has made effective improvements since its previous inspection, with outstanding provision in early years and personal development.
At a Glance
54.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
16 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 58% to 53% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 47% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 48% to 53% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
25.0
Avg class size
27.0
Infant (KS1)
27.6
KS2
9
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Beacon View Primary Academy
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Beacon View Primary Academy.
- Little Prems St Pauls310m away · Not yet graded
- CM Sports at St Paul's Catholic Primary School310m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Beacon View Primary Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Portsmouth's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Beacon View Primary Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Beacon View Primary Academy is in Portsmouth; for families living there:
- Portsmouth's school travel policy: Travel assistance policy for school age (5-16) children
- How to apply: apply for discretionary travel assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 57
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 13
- Children hurt
- 10
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 57 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 13 serious and 44 slight.
10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 6 in a vehicle or otherwise.
15 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Portsmouth is 57 (the median across 67 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Beacon View Primary Academy
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
62%
Available places
261 pupils
420 places
159 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Portsmouth
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Portsmouth
Across Portsmouth council
Places available
2,230
Applications
1,887
Got 1st preference
93.0%
Got preferred school
98.7%
All primary applications across Portsmouth council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(5)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
37
SEN Support
8
EHC Plans
19.3%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
233
Total Pupils
117
Boys
116
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
13
Teachers
17.9:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£53,905
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,283
Per pupil
£1941k
Total funding
£217k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
7.2%
Overall absence
16.9%
Persistent absence
242
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Beacon View Primary Academy
Questions parents ask about Beacon View Primary Academy
What are SATs results like at Beacon View Primary Academy?
Of the pupils at Beacon View Primary Academy who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 53% reached the expected standard in reading and 47% did so in maths.
What is Beacon View Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?
Beacon View Primary Academy's most recent Ofsted inspection, in July 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in September 2022, it was rated Requires Improvement.
What is the catchment area for Beacon View Primary Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Beacon View Primary Academy is oversubscribed, Portsmouth allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Beacon View Primary Academy?
Beacon View Primary Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 62% of its 420 places.
How big are the classes at Beacon View Primary Academy?
Classes at Beacon View Primary Academy average 25 pupils (2025/26). 2 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Beacon View Primary Academy?
Beacon View Primary Academy has around 233 pupils on roll. 55% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Beacon View Primary Academy?
7.2% of sessions were missed at Beacon View Primary Academy in 2024/25. 16.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Beacon View Primary Academy?
Apply through Portsmouth's coordinated admissions process, naming Beacon View Primary Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Beacon View Primary Academy have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists 2 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of Beacon View Primary Academy: Little Prems St Pauls (310m away, registered, not yet graded) and CM Sports at St Paul's Catholic Primary School (310m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Beacon View Primary Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 57 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 13 serious and 44 slight. 10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 6 in a vehicle or otherwise. 15 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Portsmouth is 57 (the median across 67 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Beacon View Primary Academy?
Beacon View Primary Academy is at Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3PS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)