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Portsmouth City Council schools

All 66 schools in the Portsmouth area, from the school census. 17 are maintained by Portsmouth City Council and follow its 2026/27 term dates; the rest set their own. Most follow the council anyway, but check with the school before booking anything. The council’s breaks on their own: Portsmouth school holidays.

Follows Portsmouth City Council

17 schools

Maintained by the council, so the council's term dates are these schools' term dates. Each still sets its own INSET days.

  • Bramble Infant School and NurserySouthsea · Primary · 2–7 · 162 pupils
  • Copnor Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 4–11 · 632 pupils
  • Craneswater Junior SchoolSouthsea · Primary · 7–11 · 508 pupils
  • Cumberland Infant SchoolSouthsea · Primary · 2–7 · 172 pupils
  • Devonshire Infant SchoolSouthsea · Primary · 4–7 · 171 pupils
  • Fernhurst Junior SchoolSouthsea · Primary · 7–11 · 349 pupils
  • Manor Infant and Nursery SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 2–7 · 232 pupils
  • Medina Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 4–11 · 204 pupils
  • Portsdown Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 2–11 · 398 pupils
  • Southsea Infant SchoolSouthsea · Primary · 4–7 · 167 pupils
  • St Edmund's Catholic SchoolPortsmouth · Secondary · 11–16 · 1157 pupils
  • St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 3–11 · 274 pupils
  • St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 3–11 · 237 pupils
  • St Jude's CofE Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 4–11 · 407 pupils
  • St Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 3–11 · 272 pupils
  • St Swithun's Catholic Primary SchoolSouthsea · Primary · 2–11 · 351 pupils
  • Wimborne Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 4–11 · 557 pupils

Sets its own term dates

49 schools

Academies, free schools and independent schools are not bound by the council's calendar. Most follow it closely; none of them have to.

  • Admiral Lord Nelson SchoolPortsmouth · Secondary · 11–16 · 1245 pupils
  • Ark Ayrton Primary AcademyPortsmouth · Primary · 2–11 · 495 pupils
  • Ark Charter AcademySouthsea · Secondary · 11–16 · 883 pupils
  • Ark Dickens Primary AcademyPortsmouth · Primary · 2–11 · 446 pupils
  • Arundel Court Primary Academy and NurseryPortsmouth · Primary · 3–11 · 668 pupils
  • Beacon View Primary AcademyPortsmouth · Primary · 3–11 · 233 pupils
  • Castle View AcademyPortsmouth · Secondary · 11–16 · 757 pupils
  • City of Portsmouth CollegePortsmouth · 16 plus · 16–99
  • Cliffdale Primary AcademyPortsmouth · 4–11 · 218 pupils
  • Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 5–11 · 312 pupils
  • Cottage Grove Primary School and NurserySouthsea · Primary · 2–11 · 462 pupils
  • Court Lane Infant AcademyPortsmouth · Primary · 4–7 · 346 pupils
  • Court Lane Junior AcademyPortsmouth · Primary · 7–11 · 474 pupils
  • Gatcombe Park Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 4–11 · 203 pupils
  • Highbury Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 4–11 · 391 pupils
  • King's Academy College Park (Infant)Portsmouth · Primary · 4–7 · 304 pupils
  • King's Academy College Park (Junior)Portsmouth · Primary · 7–11 · 434 pupils
  • King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)Portsmouth · Primary · 4–7 · 231 pupils
  • King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior)Portsmouth · Primary · 7–11 · 352 pupils
  • Langstone Primary AcademyPortsmouth · Primary · 4–11 · 620 pupils
  • Madani AcademyPortsmouth · 5–16 · 71 pupils
  • Mary Rose AcademyPortsmouth · 2–19 · 201 pupils
  • Mayfield SchoolPortsmouth · All-through · 4–16 · 1354 pupils
  • Mayville High SchoolSouthsea · 2–16 · 405 pupils
  • Meon Infant SchoolSouthsea · Primary · 4–7 · 133 pupils
  • Meon Junior SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 7–11 · 336 pupils
  • Milton Park Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 4–11 · 382 pupils
  • Miltoncross AcademyPortsmouth · Secondary · 11–16 · 983 pupils
  • Moorings Way Infant SchoolSouthsea · Primary · 4–7 · 116 pupils
  • New Horizons Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 4–11 · 509 pupils
  • Penbridge Infant School & NurseryPortsmouth · Primary · 2–7 · 207 pupils
  • Penbridge Junior SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 7–11 · 416 pupils
  • Portsmouth High School GDST · 2–19 · 436 pupils
  • Priory SchoolSouthsea · Secondary · 11–16 · 1278 pupils
  • Redwood Park AcademyPortsmouth · 11–16 · 168 pupils
  • Solent Infant SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 4–7 · 269 pupils
  • Solent Junior SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 7–11 · 359 pupils
  • Springfield SchoolPortsmouth · Secondary · 11–16 · 1133 pupils
  • Stamshaw Infant AcademyPortsmouth · Primary · 4–7 · 262 pupils
  • Stamshaw Junior SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 7–11 · 289 pupils
  • The Flying Bull AcademyPortsmouth · Primary · 3–11 · 415 pupils
  • The Harbour SchoolPortsmouth · 5–19 · 169 pupils
  • The Portsmouth AcademyPortsmouth · Secondary · 11–16 · 1203 pupils
  • The Portsmouth Grammar SchoolPortsmouth · 2–19 · 973 pupils
  • The Victory Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 3–11 · 365 pupils
  • The Wymering SchoolPortsmouth · 9–16 · 77 pupils
  • Trafalgar SchoolPortsmouth · Secondary · 11–16 · 1031 pupils
  • UTC PortsmouthPortsmouth · Secondary · 14–19 · 491 pupils
  • Westover Primary SchoolPortsmouth · Primary · 3–11 · 226 pupils

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School names, towns and phases come from the school census. Term dates for Portsmouth City Council are published here, last changed 2026-09-04.