Portesbery School
Newfoundland Road, Deepcut, GU16 6TA
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mr Nathan Aspinall
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Surrey Heath
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 133
- Pupils on roll
- 145
- URN
- 125474
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252832100
About this school
Portesbery School is a community special school in Deepcut. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 145 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Portesbery 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 25 May 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 15 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -7.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.70 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Portesbery 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 | Surrey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 124 |
| 2023/24 | 135 |
| 2024/25 | 145 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.89%
- English as an additional language
- 17.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.39%
- Persistent absence
- 30.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Carwarden House Community School1.4 miles
Academies · Camberley
-
Knowl Hill School2.2 miles
Special schools · Woking
-
Henry Tyndale School2.3 miles
Special schools · Farnborough
-
Farnborough Hill2.6 miles
Independent schools · Farnborough
-
Salesian College3.1 miles
Independent schools · Farnborough
Common questions
- What ages does Portesbery School teach?
- Portesbery School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Deepcut.
- Who is the head teacher of Portesbery School?
- The head teacher of Portesbery School is Mr Nathan Aspinall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Portesbery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Portesbery 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 Portesbery School?
- Portesbery School has 145 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Portesbery School full?
- Portesbery School has capacity for 133 pupils and 145 on roll (109%), 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 Portesbery School a faith school?
- No. Portesbery School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Portesbery School have?
- The schools register lists Portesbery School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Portesbery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Portesbery School's absence rate?
- Portesbery School's overall absence rate is 10.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Portesbery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Portesbery 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 8 July 2026.