Portchester Community School, Fareham

In 2026, pupils at Portchester Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

29% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 41.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.28: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.4, against 43.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Social Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 99 families put Portchester Community School as their first choice and 214 named it as one of their preferences, for 106 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Portchester Community School are Castle View Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.2); Cams Hill School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51); Bridgemary School (2.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 31.4); and Trafalgar School (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.1).

Portchester Community School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 135 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 80% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 64% to a further education college, 7% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

4.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 115 pupils (16.7%) received SEN support and 69 (10%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Portchester Community School has a resourced provision for physical disability: 16 places, 14 pupils on roll.

Portchester Community School had 52 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Portchester Rail Station, about 710 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Neville Avenue (adjacent), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Portchester Community School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Portchester Community School issued 99 suspensions, 14.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Portchester Community School are Castle Primary School (0.3 miles), Red Barn Community Primary School (0.6 miles), Northern Junior School (0.7 miles) and Northern Infant School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.