Further education · 16 plus
Portsmouth · PO6 2SA · Portsmouth
Ages 16–99
0.0 miles away
OpenOfsted: OutstandingURN 143828
Redwood Park Academy
Academy special sponsor led · Portsmouth · PO6 2RY
Ages 11–16 · 168 pupils · Portsmouth
Ofsted
Outstanding
Overall absence
10.9%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2019-11-19
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)31.3%
Unauthorised3.2%
- Authorised absence
- 7.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 163
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill108%
168 pupils · 155 places
- Pupils on roll
- 168
- Boys / girls
- 122 / 46
- School capacity
- 155
- Capacity fill
- 168 / 155 (108%)
- Free school meals
- 58.3%
- FSM pupils
- 98
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: SOLENT ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- SOLENT ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Solent Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Louise Quaid
Location
- Address
- Wembley Grove, Cosham
- Postcode
- PO6 2RY
- Town
- Portsmouth
- County
- Hampshire
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- District
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy special sponsor led, Ages 11–16, in Portsmouth, Portsmouth, 168 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, special school. Free school meals: 58.3%.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Highbury Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Portsmouth · PO6 2RZ · Portsmouth
Ages 4–11
- KS243%
- Absence4.5%
0.2 miles away
Court Lane Infant Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Portsmouth · PO6 2PP · Portsmouth
Ages 4–7
- Absence5.9%
0.5 miles away
Court Lane Junior Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Portsmouth · PO6 2PP · Portsmouth
Ages 7–11
- KS258%
- Absence5.6%
0.5 miles away
Springfield School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Portsmouth · PO6 1QY · Portsmouth
Ages 11–16
- Att843.7
- P8-0.1
- Absence9.4%
0.6 miles away
UTC Portsmouth
Ofsted: Strong standardUniversity technical college · Secondary
Portsmouth · PO2 9DU · Portsmouth
Ages 14–19
- Att849.2
- P8-0.5
- Absence7.2%
0.7 miles away
Trafalgar School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Portsmouth · PO2 9RJ · Portsmouth
Ages 11–16
- Att837.8
- P8-0.2
- Absence9.9%
0.7 miles away
Gatcombe Park Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Portsmouth · PO2 0UR · Portsmouth
Ages 4–11
- KS257%
- Absence4.5%
0.8 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Louise Quaid
- Telephone
- 02392377500