Schools Near Portsmouth City Centre (PO1)
Ofsted-rated primary and secondary schools within 3km of PO1. Check ratings, distances, and school types.
Which schools serve Portsmouth City Centre (PO1)?
With 17 primary and secondary schools mapped within 1.5km of its centre (OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-04), PO1 has the 3rd most of the 10 outcodes in the South that HomeThink covers.
What do the Ofsted ratings shown for PO1 schools mean?
Of the 14 schools within 1.5km of the PO1 centre that we matched to an Ofsted record, 1 are rated Outstanding and 7 Good at their last graded inspection, and 6 have no current grade because Ofsted stopped giving single-word judgements in September 2024. Inspections can be years apart, so treat a rating as the last formal verdict rather than a description of the school today.
How do I check the school catchment for a PO1 address?
Enter the full postcode into the checker above. Catchment areas change year to year, so always confirm with the school or local authority before relying on it.
PO1 at a glance
OpenStreetMap maps 17 primary and secondary schools within 1.5km of the PO1 centre (4 secondary and 13 primary). The nearest is St Edmund's Catholic School, 0.3km away.
- Primary and secondary schools within 1.5km
- 17
- Secondary
- 4
- Primary
- 13
- Rated Outstanding
- 1
- Rated Good
- 7
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Edmund's Catholic School | Secondary | Outstanding | 0.3km |
| Ark Charter Academy | Secondary | No current grade | 0.3km |
| St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School | Primary | Good | 0.5km |
| Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery | Primary | No current grade | 0.6km |
| Ark Ayrton Primary Academy | Primary | Good | 0.6km |
| Ark Dickens Primary Academy | Primary | Good | 0.7km |
| Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery | Primary | No current grade | 0.9km |
| Priory School | Secondary | Good | 1km |
| St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School | Primary | No current grade | 1km |
| The Portsmouth Grammar School | Primary | Rating unavailable | 1km |
| Penbridge Infant School & Nursery | Primary | No current grade | 1.1km |
| The Portsmouth Grammar School | Primary | Rating unavailable | 1.1km |
Distances are straight-line from the outcode centre, not walking routes, and are not catchment areas — admissions are decided by each school or local authority.
"No current grade" means Ofsted inspected the school but, since September 2024, no longer gives single-word judgements; "Rating unavailable" means we could not match the school to an Ofsted record.
Source: School locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), within 1.5km of the PO1 centroid; ratings from Ofsted's published inspection records, as read on 2026-10-04.
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