Beacon View Primary Academy

Beacon View Primary Academy has improved since its previous inspection, when it required improvement. Inspectors judged the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management to be good, with personal development and early years provision outstanding. Pupils are joyful, kind and engaged, the school is calm and harmonious, and safeguarding is effective. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, reading and phonics are prioritised, and pupils with SEND are identified and supported effectively. Early years provision is particularly strong, and the personal development offer is exceptional, including the Beacon View Charter and extensive community engagement.

Strengths

• Pupils are joyful, enthusiastic and kind, and demonstrate the school values.
• Behaviour is calm and harmonious, with low-level disruption very rare.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well sequenced and matched to pupils' needs.
• Reading and phonics are prioritised, helping pupils access the wider curriculum.
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported effectively, including those with complex needs.
• Early years provision is outstanding, with expert practitioners and a well-resourced environment.
• Personal development is exceptional, with a rich range of experiences through the Beacon View Charter.
• Pupils have a real voice and take on responsibilities such as prefects and digital leaders.
• Governance is effective, and staff feel well supported in their well-being and workload.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Published key stage 2 outcomes are significantly below average in most areas.
• Assessment is not used consistently in a small number of subjects, so misconceptions are not always identified and addressed.
• Gaps remain in some pupils' knowledge in subjects where assessment practice is less systematic.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Beacon View Primary Academy attended 92.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.1% of pupils at Beacon View Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Beacon View Primary Academy had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 28.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.9% of pupils at Beacon View Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Beacon View Primary Academy received £9,302 and spent £9,689 for each of its 271 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £242,000 (£894 per pupil).

Across all 93 schools of United Learning Trust, income was £8,687 and spending £8,616 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Portsmouth · Portsmouth local authority: places and applications

Beacon View Primary Academy is part of United Learning Trust, which runs 98 schools. The nearest others:

• The Victory Primary School Portsmouth
• Castle View Academy Portsmouth
• Regents Park Community College Southampton
• Southway Primary School Bognor Regis
• The Regis School West Sussex
• Midhurst Rother College Midhurst
• Avonbourne Boys' Academy Bournemouth
• Avonbourne Girls Academy Bournemouth
• Avonwood Primary School Bournemouth
• Glenmoor Academy Bournemouth

What is Beacon View Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beacon View Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Beacon View Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Beacon View Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Beacon View Primary Academy have?

Beacon View Primary Academy has 233 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beacon View Primary Academy cover?

Beacon View Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Beacon View Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 41% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beacon View Primary Academy?

Beacon View Primary Academy is at Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3PS.