Medina Primary School
Medina Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3NH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs A McGarvey
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 204
- URN
- 116195
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392375475
About this school
Medina Primary School is a community primary school in Portsmouth. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 204 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Medina Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 47% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 57% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 63% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 40% | 55% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Medina Primary 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 | Portsmouth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40% | 48% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 48.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 51.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 203 |
| 2023/24 | 205 |
| 2024/25 | 202 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Medina Primary School compares
Medina Primary School ranked 14th of 32 primary schools in Portsmouth for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 5.6% | 44.6% | 204 | — |
| Portsdown Primary School | 35% | 6% | 52% | 398 | 0.3 miles |
| Court Lane Infant Academy | — | 5% | 12.9% | 346 | 0.7 miles |
| Court Lane Junior Academy | 57% | 5.2% | 21.8% | 474 | 0.7 miles |
| Beacon View Primary Academy | 41% | 7.2% | 58.8% | 233 | 0.7 miles |
| Highbury Primary School | 63% | 4.8% | 26.5% | 391 | 0.8 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)
- 44.55%
- English as an additional language
- 6.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.58%
- Persistent absence
- 14.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Portsdown Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
Court Lane Infant Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
Court Lane Junior Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
Beacon View Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
Highbury Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
Other schools in Portsmouth
Medina Primary School ranks 13th of the 28 ranked primary schools in Portsmouth.
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy Primary
- Ark Dickens Primary Academy Primary
- Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery Primary
- Beacon View Primary Academy Primary
- Copnor Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary
- Court Lane Infant Academy Primary
- Court Lane Junior Academy Primary
- Gatcombe Park Primary School Primary
- Highbury Primary School Primary
- King's Academy College Park (Infant) Primary
- King's Academy College Park (Junior) Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Medina Primary School teach?
- Medina Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Portsmouth.
- Who is the headteacher of Medina Primary School?
- The headteacher of Medina Primary School is Mrs A McGarvey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Medina Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Medina Primary 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 Medina Primary School?
- Medina Primary School has 204 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Medina Primary School full?
- Medina Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 204 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Medina Primary School a faith school?
- No. Medina Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Medina Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Medina Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Medina Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Medina Primary School compare with other schools in Portsmouth?
- Medina Primary School ranked 14th of 32 primary schools in Portsmouth for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Medina Primary School's absence rate?
- Medina Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Medina Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Medina Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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.