URN 140697 · Portsmouth
Admiral Lord Nelson School
Secondary · Academy converter · Portsmouth · PO3 5XT
About the school
- Pupils
- 1,245
- Capacity
- 1,250
- Free school meals
- 28.2%
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils taught
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE SALTERNS ACADEMY TRUST
- Region
- South East
- Website
- www.alns.co.uk
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools, register file of 08 Nov 2026; pupil numbers from the school census of 15 Jan 2026.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Report card inspection started 09 Jun 2026, published 08 Jul 2026.
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Source: Ofsted management information, as at 30 Sept 2026. Outcomes are Ofsted's own words.
GCSE results (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 41.5
- Progress 8
- Not published
- Grade 5+ English & maths
- 32.9%
- Grade 4+ English & maths
- 58.5%
- Pupils at end of KS4
- 234
Source: DfE Key stage 4 performance — performance tables schools data, academic year 2025/26. "Not published" means the DfE suppressed or did not calculate the figure. Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25 and 2025/26 because there were no KS2 results for those pupils. Primary (KS2) results: DfE school performance page.