Admiral Lord Nelson School

Dundas Lane, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 5XT

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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. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 29 June 2022). Last inspected 9 June 2026. 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

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Admiral Lord Nelson School are handled by the school or the local authority (Portsmouth). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• 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.

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