Atlantic Academy Portland is a all-through school located in Portland. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are inadequate. The school inspection was carried out on 30/11/2016. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is well above average, progress in reading is above average, progress in maths is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 8.1%, which is 4.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Maritime House, Portland, DT5 2NA
Website: http://www.atlantic-aspirations.org/
Telephone: 01305820262
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: All-through
Local authority: Dorset
Headteacher / Principal: Principal Lesley Bishop/ Melissa Heppell
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 145119

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 30/11/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1020
Number of Pupils: 764
Number of Boys: 379
Number of Girls: 385

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 8.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 25.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: 2.5 Confidence interval 1 to 4.1
Writing
Well Above Average: 2.7 Confidence interval 1.3 to 4.1
Maths
Average: 0.1 Confidence interval -1.3 to 1.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:70%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:6%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.39 Confidence interval 0.08 to 0.7
Of the 68 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 66 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:13%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:34%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.62
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St George's Community Primary School
Clarence Road , DT5 2BD
3out of 4 1,931 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Atlantic Academy Portland
Maritime House , Southwell Park DT5 2NA
1out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.