Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Portsmouth council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Portsmouth's full dates

Admissions

Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Reception

For September 2026, 69 families put this school as their first choice, and 74 places were offered. 69 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:

• CM Sports Holiday Club, holiday club. Ofsted report

Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 14 April 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Needs attention

Curriculum and teaching

Needs attention

Achievement

Needs attention

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Needs attention

Early years

Needs attention

Leadership and governance

Needs attention

Safeguarding standards: met.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Primary

Ages

3–11

Pupils

668 (capacity 710)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER (MULTI) ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

02392824893

Address

Fyning Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1FG

Website

arundelcourtprimary.chimat.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports