Admiral Lord Nelson School
Academy converter · 1,245 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.4
Academy sponsor led
Miltoncross Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 983of 1,000 places
- Free school meals
- 46.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 160
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 13 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Miltoncross School (URN 131951, until 6 February 2014).
What the data says
Miltoncross Academy has no sixth form. Of the 163 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 80% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.3 against 46.1 across England and 39.5 in Portsmouth, with 27% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 49% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
As an 11–16 school, Miltoncross Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Portsmouth and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Miltoncross Academy | Portsmouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 163 | 2,031 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 80% | 72% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Miltoncross Academy | Portsmouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.3 | 39.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 35% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 56% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 51% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.32 | 3.50 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 40% | 39% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.1 | 29.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.5 | 45.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 19% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 160 | 100% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 53% |
| English Language | 160 | 100% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 51% |
| English Literature | 151 | 94% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 58% |
| Combined Science | 131 | 82% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 48% |
| Spanish | 79 | 49% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 71% |
| History | 74 | 46% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 46% |
| Geography | 66 | 41% | 41% | 8% | 25% | 59% |
| Psychology | 30 | 19% | 3% | 7% | 22% | 67% |
| Religious Studies | 27 | 17% | 31% | 7% | 32% | 48% |
| 3D Design | 26 | 16% | 2% | 4% | 16% | 54% |
| Photography | 20 | 13% | 6% | 5% | 19% | 65% |
| Media Studies | 18 | 11% | 4% | 0% | 20% | 61% |
| Drama | 17 | 11% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| Physics | 16 | 10% | 23% | 38% | 46% | 81% |
| Chemistry | 15 | 9% | 23% | 33% | 47% | 87% |
| Biology | 15 | 9% | 23% | 47% | 45% | 87% |
| Art and Design | 13 | 8% | 7% | 8% | 24% | 54% |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 41 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 25 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 17 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 15 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.