Portal House School
Sea Street, Dover, CT15 6SS
80 pupils · 100% of 80 capacity
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Kent
- Free school meals
- 68.8%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 January 2025, published 11 February 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 13.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 15% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary 3.6 km · No Ofsted rating
- Ripplevale School 5.2 km · No Ofsted rating
- Dover College 5.4 km · No Ofsted rating
- The Sallygate School 7.2 km · No Ofsted rating
- Elms School 7.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Brewood Secondary School 7.7 km · No Ofsted rating
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.