Copnor Primary School
Copnor Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5BZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Matt Johnson
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 690
- Pupils on roll
- 632
- URN
- 141096
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392661191
About this school
Copnor Primary School is a community primary school in Portsmouth. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 632 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Outstanding
- 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 | 104 | 102 | 103 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 30% | 58% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 69% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 40% | 75% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 74% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.10 | - | - |
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 Copnor 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 | 30% | 48% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 48.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 51% | 51.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 668 |
| 2023/24 | 677 |
| 2024/25 | 644 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Copnor Primary School compares
Copnor Primary School ranked 24th of 32 primary schools in Portsmouth for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 5.3% | 22.4% | 632 | — |
| King's Academy College Park (Infant) | — | 4.9% | 15.7% | 304 | 0.4 miles |
| King's Academy College Park (Junior) | 52% | 5.2% | 31.3% | 434 | 0.4 miles |
| Penbridge Junior School | 54% | 5.4% | 54.7% | 416 | 0.4 miles |
| Westover Primary School | 66% | 4.4% | 20.5% | 226 | 0.5 miles |
| New Horizons Primary School | 49% | 4.9% | 35.8% | 509 | 0.5 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)
- 22.36%
- English as an additional language
- 16.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.33%
- Persistent absence
- 10.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
King's Academy College Park (Infant)0.4 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
King's Academy College Park (Junior)0.4 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
Penbridge Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
Westover Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
New Horizons Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
Other schools in Portsmouth
Copnor Primary School ranks 20th 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
- 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 year groups does Copnor Primary School teach?
- Copnor Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Portsmouth.
- Who is the headteacher of Copnor Primary School?
- The headteacher of Copnor Primary School is Mr Matt Johnson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Copnor Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Copnor 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 big is Copnor Primary School?
- Copnor Primary School has 632 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Copnor Primary School full?
- Copnor Primary School has capacity for 690 pupils and 632 on roll (92%), 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 Copnor Primary School a faith school?
- No. Copnor Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Copnor Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Copnor Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Copnor Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 30% in 2022/23 and 51% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Copnor Primary School rank locally?
- Copnor Primary School ranked 24th of 32 primary schools in Portsmouth for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Copnor Primary School's absence rate?
- Copnor Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Copnor Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Copnor 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 1 July 2026.