Academy converter · Primary
Portsmouth · PO2 7JB · Portsmouth
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 140719
The Flying Bull Academy
Academy converter · Portsmouth · PO2 7BJ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
415
Local authority
Portsmouth
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Portsmouth, Portsmouth, 415 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 57%. SEN provision includes: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 140719
Location
- Address
- Flying Bull Lane, Buckland
- Postcode
- PO2 7BJ
- Town
- Portsmouth
- County
- Hampshire
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- District
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 415
- Boys / girls
- 207 / 208
- School capacity
- 500
- Capacity fill
- 415 / 500 (83%)
- Free school meals
- 57%
- FSM pupils
- 213
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER (MULTI) ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER (MULTI) ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 27 on roll / 32 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Grace Brown
- Telephone
- 02392694313
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-06-09
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 51%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0