King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior)

King’s Academy Northern Parade (Junior) is performing well overall, with a good quality of education and excellent personal development for its pupils. The school promotes a safe and welcoming environment, fostering positive relationships between staff and students. While pupils generally make good progress across the curriculum, there is a notable area of concern with writing standards, which are currently below the national average. The school is actively prioritizing improvements in this area while benefiting from robust support from the King’s Group Academies trust.

Strengths

• Strong pastoral care supports pupil well-being and mental health.
• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Effective phonics and reading support for pupils.
• Positive behaviour and collaborative learning environment.
• Strong take up of opportunities for disadvantaged pupils.
• Exceptional personal development with a focus on diversity and equality.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' achievement in writing is below the national average.
• Assessment practices in foundation subjects are not fully developed.

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 Northern Parade (Junior) attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.0% 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, 2.5% of pupils at King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) 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 King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.6% 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 King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% 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 Northern Parade (Junior) received £7,532 and spent £7,388 for each of its 408 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £753,000 (£1,846 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 Northern Parade (Junior) is part of King'S Group Academies, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) Portsmouth
• King's Academy College Park (Junior) Portsmouth
• King's Academy College Park (Infant) 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 Northern Parade (Junior)'s Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) last inspected by Ofsted?

King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) have?

King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) has 352 pupils on roll.

What age range does King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) cover?

King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior)'s SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior)?

King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) is at Doyle Avenue, Hilsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 9NE.