Portway Infant School
Ashfield Road, Andover, SP10 3PE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Sara Allen
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 270
- URN
- 115857
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01264323716
About this school
Portway Infant School is a community primary school in Andover. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 270 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Portway Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Portway Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 272 |
| 2023/24 | 271 |
| 2024/25 | 270 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Portway Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.3% | 13% | 270 | — |
| Portway Junior School | 60% | 3.5% | 18.2% | 376 | 0.0 miles |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Andover | 56% | 2.8% | 7% | 215 | 0.5 miles |
| Balksbury Infant School | — | 3.8% | 20.5% | 269 | 0.6 miles |
| Balksbury Junior School | 68% | 4% | 18% | 373 | 0.6 miles |
| Anton Junior School | 52% | 3.9% | 17.2% | 243 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.96%
- English as an additional language
- 8.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.31%
- Persistent absence
- 9.09%
Location
Nearby schools
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Portway Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Andover
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St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Andover0.5 miles
Primary · Andover
-
Balksbury Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Andover
-
Balksbury Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Andover
-
Anton Junior School1.3 miles
Primary · Andover
Other schools in Andover
- Abbotts Ann Church of England Primary School Primary
- Amport Church of England Primary School Primary
- Andover Church of England Primary School Primary
- Anton Infant School Primary
- Anton Junior School Primary
- Appleshaw St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- Balksbury Infant School Primary
- Balksbury Junior School Primary
- Clatford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Endeavour Primary School Primary
- Grateley Primary School Primary
- Hurstbourne Tarrant Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Portway Infant School teach?
- Portway Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Andover.
- Who is the headteacher of Portway Infant School?
- The headteacher of Portway Infant School is Miss Sara Allen, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Portway Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Portway Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Portway Infant School?
- Portway Infant School has 270 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Portway Infant School full?
- Portway Infant School has capacity for 270 pupils and 270 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Portway Infant School a faith school?
- No. Portway Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Portway Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Portway Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Portway Infant School's absence rate?
- Portway Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Portway Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Portway Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.