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Admiral Lord Nelson School
📍 Dundas Lane, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 5XT
Ofsted: Good (29 June 2022)
About this school
Admiral Lord Nelson School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school has 1,244 pupils enrolled. It was rated Good by Ofsted in 29 June 2022. The Headteacher is Christopher Doherty. The school is administered by Portsmouth local authority. It belongs to THE SALTERNS ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 April 2014.
School details
- Headteacher
- Christopher Doherty
- Trust
- THE SALTERNS ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Gender
- Mixed
- URN
- 140697
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
40.4
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.35
Progress 8 · 2023-24
34%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
60%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.75
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
77%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
- Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
- Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
- Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
- EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.
Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →
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