Special academy · Portsmouth
Cliffdale Primary Academy
- Special
- Ages 4–11
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Portsmouth council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places at special schools are usually arranged through an education, health and care (EHC) plan, agreed with the council.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 18 November 2025. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
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
- Special academy
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- 4–11
- Pupils
- 218 (capacity 216)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- SOLENT ACADEMIES TRUST
- Phone
- 02392662601
- Address
- Battenburg Avenue, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 0SN
- Website
- cliffdaleprimaryacademy.info
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.