Secondary school

Trafalgar School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Portsmouth
  • PO2 9RJ
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jun 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,048 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 63%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 92%92%2016/17: top 90%2017/18: top 93%2018/19: top 92%2021/22: top 88%2022/23: top 84%2023/24: top 87%2024/25: top 63%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 843.5 · South East 464/10 Below+24.8 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths37.6% · South East 44.8%4/10 Below+15.2 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.86 · South East 4.035/10 Middle+26.3 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.19 · South East +0.014/10 Below+21 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 41.8 · 116 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 37.8 · 100 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 35.9 · 79 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 36.5 · 59 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 39.8 · 128 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 38.7 · 153 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 37.8 · 179 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 43.5 · 170 pupils · South East 4643.535.9No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 24% · 100 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 23% · 79 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 22% · 59 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 34% · 128 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 29% · 153 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 22.9% · 179 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 37.6% · 170 pupils · South East 44.8%37.6%22%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in98.4%
189 of 192 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 98.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st192189
2nd20025
3rd1389

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2018Good
  5. 2023Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,031
Free school meals (past 6 years)38.7%
First language not English11.6%
SEN support16.5%
EHC plan4.6%
Absence (sessions missed)8.2%
Persistently absent pupils21.0%

Girls 47.2%Boys 52.8%

103.1% full · 1,000 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.1
Pupils per adult9.3
  • Classroom teachers 63.4
  • Leadership 9.6
  • Teaching assistants 19.8
  • Other support 34.5

Teachers 73 FTE · Whole workforce 127.3 · 132 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,240
Spend per pupil£7,922
Staff spend per pupil£6,187
Reserve per pupil£408
  • +£426,000revenue reserve
  • +£332,000in-year balance

Grants £8,411 · self-generated £97 · premises £453 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE SALTERNS ACADEMY TRUST (3 academies) · trust reserve £2,001,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

179 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained84.4%
  • Education79.3%
  • Apprenticeship3.4%
  • Employment1.7%
  • Not sustained11.2%
  • Unknown4.5%