St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School is a primary school located in Portsmouth. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 20/11/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, progress in writing is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Hanover Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3BN
Website: www.stgbs.co.uk
Telephone: 02392822886
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Portsmouth
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs S Gibb
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 116346

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 20/11/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 350
Number of Pupils: 324
Number of Boys: 172
Number of Girls: 152

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 12% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: 0.4 Confidence interval -1.5 to 2.3
Writing
Below Average: -2.3 Confidence interval -4.1 to -0.5
Maths
Average: 0.6 Confidence interval -1.1 to 2.3

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:60%
England Average:65%

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

School:2%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School
Hanover Street , Portsea PO1 3BN
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
St Jude's CofE Primary School
St Nicholas Street , PO1 2NZ
3out of 4 1,075 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Cottage Grove Primary School
Chivers Close , PO5 1HG
3out of 4 1,552 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School
Cottage View , Landport PO1 1PX
4out of 4 1,611 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Ark Ayrton Primary Academy
Somers Road , Southsea PO5 4LS
3out of 4 1,637 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ark Charter Academy
Hyde Park Road , PO5 4HL
3out of 4 1,212 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Edmund's Catholic School
Arundel Street , PO1 1RX
4out of 4 1,350 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Priory School
Fawcett Road , PO4 0DL
3out of 4 2,097 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
The Portsmouth Academy
St Mary's Road , PO1 5PF
3out of 4 2,276 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Vincent College
Mill Lane , PO12 4QA
- not rated 2,527 yd Academy 16-19 converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
University of Portsmouth
University House , Winston Churchill Avenue PO1 2UP
- not rated 871 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Portsmouth Grammar School
High Street , Old Portsmouth PO1 2LN
- not rated 878 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Portsmouth High School
25 Kent Road , Southsea PO5 3EQ
- not rated 1,508 yd Other independent school Yes Girls More About School
St John's College
Grove Road South , PO5 3QW
- not rated 1,818 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Madani Academy
Merefield House , Nutfield Place PO1 4JZ
- not rated 2,139 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.