Mary Rose Academy
Gisors Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 8GT
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SOLENT ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Faye Watton-Lawrence
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Solent Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 125
- Pupils on roll
- 201
- URN
- 140325
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Telephone
- 02392852330
About this school
Mary Rose Academy is a special academy in Portsmouth. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 201 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Mary Rose 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Exceptional
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| 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 | -6.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.90 | - | - |
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 | 12 | 14 | 18 |
| 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 Mary Rose 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 | 0% | 48% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 48.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 51.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 184 |
| 2023/24 | 193 |
| 2024/25 | 197 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 55.48%
- English as an additional language
- 25.9%
- Overall absence
- 12.99%
- Persistent absence
- 42.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Madani Academy1.3 miles
Independent schools · Portsmouth
-
Mayville High School1.3 miles
Independent schools · Southsea
-
University of Portsmouth1.7 miles
Universities · Portsmouth
-
Portsmouth High School GDST1.7 miles
Independent schools
-
The Portsmouth Grammar School2.0 miles
Independent schools · Portsmouth
Other schools in Portsmouth
- Cliffdale Primary Academy Academies
- Redwood Park Academy Academies
- The Harbour School Academies
- The Wymering School Free Schools
- 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
Common questions
- What ages does Mary Rose Academy teach?
- Mary Rose Academy teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in Portsmouth.
- Who is the headteacher of Mary Rose Academy?
- The headteacher of Mary Rose Academy is Mrs Faye Watton-Lawrence, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mary Rose Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mary Rose 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 Mary Rose Academy?
- Mary Rose Academy has 201 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is Mary Rose Academy full?
- Mary Rose Academy has capacity for 125 pupils and 201 on roll (161%), 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 Mary Rose Academy a faith school?
- No. Mary Rose Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Mary Rose Academy part of an academy trust?
- Mary Rose Academy is part of SOLENT ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Mary Rose Academy have?
- The schools register lists Mary Rose Academy's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Mary Rose Academy'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 Mary Rose Academy's absence rate?
- Mary Rose Academy's overall absence rate is 13% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mary Rose Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mary Rose 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.