At The Portsmouth Academy we encourage parents to support us in their child’s education by contacting us with any queries or issues. For urgent issues please contact the school via phone on 0333 360 2200. For general enquiries, email is probably best. Please use info@theportsmouthacademy.org.uk if you do not know which member of staff to contact. Please be aware that most staff will be busy teaching during the school day, and may not be able to read or respond to your email immediately.
Senior Leadership Team
- Principal – (via PA) Mrs Grey
- Senior Vice Principal: Curriculum, Assessment, Staffing & Operations – Mr Dolphin
- Vice Principal: Making Excellence a Habit – Mr Hatherley
- Assistant Principal: Thinking, Learning & CPD – Mr Burns
- Assistant Principal: KS4 – Mr Andrews
- Assistant Principal: KS3 – Miss French
- PA to SLT – Mrs Wood
Safeguarding Leads
- Designated Safeguarding Lead – Mrs Rhodes
- Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead – Miss Fenner
- Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead – Mrs Rowe
SENCo
- SENCo – Mrs L Holden
Year Groups
Head of Year
- Head of Year 7 – Miss Piper
- Deputy Head of Year – Mrs Bothma-Lubbe
Tutors
- 7CUT – Mr Cutler
- 7DAF – Mr Davison
- 7FLE – Mrs Fletcher
- 7GRZ
- 7KEL
- 7KIM – Miss Kimber
- 7LAW – Miss Lawrence
- 7SCO – Mr Scott
- 7WEB – Mrs Scrace
Head of Year
- Head of Year 8 – Mr Lock
- Deputy Head of Year 8 – Miss Byrne
Tutors
- 8CUR – Miss Currie
- 8DAK (formerly WLS) – Mrs Davies
- 8GAM
- 8JAR (formerly JEL) – Mr Jarrett
- 8KEN – Miss Kendall
- 8LOP – Miss Lopez
- 8PAY – Ms Efford
- 8SEY – Miss Seymour
- 8SMA – Miss A Smith Maternity cover: Miss M Barnard
Head of Year
- Head of Year 9 – Mr M Smith
- Deputy head of year 9 – Mr Martin
Tutors
- 9BCK – Mrs Backhouse
- 9CRO – Mr Cross
- 9GOM – Miss Gomez
- 9HAS – Mr Hassan
- 9HON
- 9JAM (formerly MRA) – Mr James
- 9PEA (formerly QUI)
- 9SCA – Mrs Scarcliffe
Head of Year
- Head of Year 10 – Mr Parnell
- Deputy Head of Year 10 – Mr Snookes
Tutors
- 10BLA (formerly 10CHE) – Miss Blackmore
- 10DOW – Mr Dower
- 10MAS – Miss Masters
- 10RCH – Mr Richards
- 10SND – Ms Sanderson
- 10SMC
- 10TRA – Mrs Traut
- 10WIL (formerly 10HOR) – Ms Williams
Head of Year
Tutors
- 11BAL – Mrs Ball
- 11BEG – Mrs Begum
- 11BEL – Miss Bellazrak
- 11CHH – Ms Cheek
- 11FRN – Miss Francis
- 11FRS – Mr Forster
- 11YOU (formerly 11LOC) – Mr Young
Curriculum Teams
- Curriculum Lead – Ms Sanderson
- Mrs Parker (Lead Teacher)
- Miss M Kimber
Miss Seymour – Curriculum Lead
- Curriculum Lead – Mr Young
- Mr Davison
- English Associate Leader – Miss Fraser
- Key Stage 3 Lead – Mr Forster
- Lead Practioner – Miss Devoil
- Mrs Ball
- Mrs Cheek
- Mr Cross
- Mrs Holden
- Miss Piper
- Miss A. Smith
- Mr M Smith
- Curriculum Lead – Mrs Scarcliffe
- Miss Pszonak
- Miss Lopez
- Curriculum Lead – Mr Dower
- Miss French
- Mrs Backhouse
- Ms Efford
- Ms Williams– Curriculum Lead
- Mr Burns
- Mr Jarret
- Miss Kendall
- Mr De Caen – Curriculum Lead
- Mrs Traut – KS3 Lead
- Mrs Wilson
- Mr Andrews
- Mr Davies
- Mr Dolphin
- Mr Parnell
- Mr Richards
- Miss Francis – Curriculum Lead
- Mr Cutler
- Mr Palmer – HLTA
- Miss Gomez – Curriculum Lead
- Mr Hatherley
- Miss Currie
- Mr Lock
- Curriculum Lead – Mrs Begum
- Miss Masters
- Ms Scrace
- Mrs Scarcliffe – Curriculum Lead
- Miss Lopez
- Mr Parnell
Latest news and press releases from The Portsmouth Academy.
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Please click here to read the letter from Mr Woodall, Principal Designate.
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Please see the end of term letter from Mrs Grey, Principal.
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The Portsmouth Academy is rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. Read the full report below:
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This week, a letter inviting students to the end of year trip has been sent. Due to limitations on the number of coaches available this year, there are only 100 spaces…
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Starting on Monday 27th June, Years 7 and 8 will join Years 9 and 10 for morning break and lunch. Break times will be as follows: 11:00am – Morning Break 1:20pm…
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We’re delighted to announce The Portsmouth Academy has received a Good rating by Ofsted following our first inspection since the pandemic and welcoming all students back into school. We received…
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Year 8 Parents’ Evening on Wednesday 29th June is now open for booking. Please see this letter from Mr Lock, Head of Year 8, for more information.
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Congratulations to Miss Fraser, Miss Fox and Miss Devoil for winning the “Innovation in Teaching” award! This is a tremendous achievement and well deserved recognition for the reading team, who have…
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At the Portsmouth Academy, we invest a lot of time into our staff training to ensure that your child receives the very best teaching and learning experience in the classroom. As…
Please also see our Parent Bulletins for more information.
Please see letters for school year 20/21
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Please see letters for school year 19/20
Parents’ Evenings 2021/22
09/03/22 – Year 11
06/04/22 – Year 10
04/05/22 – Year 9
15/06/22 – Year 7
29/06/22 – Year 8
All are from 3:45 – 6:45pm
Note evenings will be run based on current Covid19 guidance.
– this will not work until 2 weeks before parents evening.
To login you will need to enter:
• Your title (Miss/Ms/Mrs/Mr) and surname
• Your child’s first name, surname and date of birth.
• The login details you enter must match those we have on record for you. The first name and
surname must match those that your child is known on the school register (e.g. Katherine
Smith/Katie Smith).
• We may have a different title on record for you (e.g. Ms not Miss) so please try alternatives if you cannot login.
If you have any issues booking appointments please contact l.burton@tsatrust.org.uk or 0333 360 2200.
You will get a 4 minute slot with each teacher, with a minimum 1 minute gap between bookings. For years 7, 8 and 9 there may be a limit to the number of teachers you can see to ensure that all parents can make appointments.