Beacon View Primary Academy
Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth, PO6 3PS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Catherine Williams
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 459
- Pupils on roll
- 233
- URN
- 139065
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392375302
About this school
Beacon View Primary Academy is a primary academy in Portsmouth. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 233 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Beacon View Primary Academy, 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
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
- Outstanding
- 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 | 57 | 76 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 39% | 36% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 58% | 53% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 45% | 47% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 50% | 40% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
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 Beacon View Primary Academy 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 | 39% | 48% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 36% | 48.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 41% | 51.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 389 |
| 2023/24 | 350 |
| 2024/25 | 277 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beacon View Primary Academy compares
Beacon View Primary Academy ranked 29th of 32 primary schools in Portsmouth for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41% | 7.2% | 58.8% | 233 | — |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School | 73% | 5.7% | 36.3% | 272 | 0.2 miles |
| Medina Primary School | 58% | 5.6% | 44.6% | 204 | 0.7 miles |
| Portsdown Primary School | 35% | 6% | 52% | 398 | 0.9 miles |
| The Victory Primary School | 63% | 7.7% | 51% | 365 | 0.9 miles |
| Castle Primary School | 68% | 4.9% | 18.1% | 384 | 1.4 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)
- 58.78%
- English as an additional language
- 6.9%
- Overall absence
- 7.16%
- Persistent absence
- 16.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Paul's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
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Medina Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
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Portsdown Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
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The Victory Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
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Castle Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Fareham
Other schools in Portsmouth
Beacon View Primary Academy ranks 25th 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
- 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
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Beacon View Primary Academy teach?
- Beacon View Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Portsmouth.
- Who is the headteacher of Beacon View Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Beacon View Primary Academy is Miss Catherine Williams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Beacon View Primary Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beacon View Primary Academy, 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 Beacon View Primary Academy?
- Beacon View Primary Academy has 233 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Beacon View Primary Academy full?
- Beacon View Primary Academy has capacity for 459 pupils and 233 on roll (51%), so it has space against 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 Beacon View Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Beacon View Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Beacon View Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Beacon View Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Is Beacon View Primary Academy part of an academy trust?
- Beacon View Primary Academy is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Beacon View Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 39% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Beacon View Primary Academy compare with other schools in Portsmouth?
- Beacon View Primary Academy ranked 29th of 32 primary schools in Portsmouth for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Beacon View Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Beacon View Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 7.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beacon View Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beacon View Primary Academy'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 1 July 2026.