King's Academy College Park (Junior)

King’s Academy College Park (Junior) is a good school where leaders have high expectations and pupils are positive, confident and kind. The curriculum is now clearly sequenced across subjects, reading is promoted well and pupils who need early reading support are identified quickly. Pupils benefit from strong personal development, effective support for SEND and additional needs, regular attendance work, and effective safeguarding. The school has dealt with significant staff and leadership changes since its last inspection and has responded effectively to a decline in Year 6 results. The main areas for improvement are in writing and in how well the new curriculum is embedded. In writing, expectations have been raised and grammar and punctuation are more focused, but some tasks are too easy or too hard, so some pupils do not develop their writing as well as they could. In some other subjects, gaps from the previous curriculum remain and teachers’ checks do not always identify and address them quickly enough. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it remains part of King’s Group Academies; the headteacher also leads the neighbouring infant school. Governance and trust oversight are strong, staff feel supported, and the school has a calm and positive culture.

Strengths

• High expectations and a positive culture with generally calm behaviour
• Pupils show independence, kindness and confidence in trusted adults
• Clearly sequenced curriculum across all subjects
• Strong reading culture with quick identification and effective support for early readers
• Effective support for pupils with SEND and those needing additional behaviour help
• Strong personal development and pupil leadership opportunities
• Good attendance and effective work with families where absence becomes a concern
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Supportive staff and strong governance and trust oversight

Areas for Improvement

• Writing tasks are sometimes too easy or too hard, limiting some pupils’ progress
• Staff need further expertise to consistently implement the new writing approach
• Gaps in pupils’ knowledge remain in some subjects because the previous curriculum was not as effective
• Teachers’ checks do not always identify and fill knowledge gaps quickly enough
• The new curriculum is not yet implemented effectively across all subjects

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 King's Academy College Park (Junior) attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.3% 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, 1.3% of pupils at King's Academy College Park (Junior) were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 King's Academy College Park (Junior) had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.4% 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, 9.2% of pupils at King's Academy College Park (Junior) were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% 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 King's Academy College Park (Junior) received £6,270 and spent £6,453 for each of its 448 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £210,000 (£469 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of King'S Group Academies, income was £7,817 and spending £7,798 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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King's Academy College Park (Junior) is part of King'S Group Academies, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• King's Academy College Park (Infant) Portsmouth
• King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) Portsmouth
• King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) Portsmouth
• King's Academy Brune Park Gosport
• King's Academy Rowner Gosport
• King's Academy Gomer Gosport
• King's Academy Bay House Gosport
• King's Academy Lord Wilson Southampton
• King's Academy Easthampstead Park Bracknell
• King's Academy Oakwood Bracknell

What is King's Academy College Park (Junior)'s Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King's Academy College Park (Junior) is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was King's Academy College Park (Junior) last inspected by Ofsted?

King's Academy College Park (Junior) was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does King's Academy College Park (Junior) have?

King's Academy College Park (Junior) has 434 pupils on roll.

What age range does King's Academy College Park (Junior) cover?

King's Academy College Park (Junior) for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are King's Academy College Park (Junior)'s SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is King's Academy College Park (Junior)?

King's Academy College Park (Junior) is at Crofton Road, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 0NT.