Portal House School
Community special school in Dover (Kent).
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Nearby schools
nearest first37 schools within 5 miles. The nearest is St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Primary School, 0.0 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.0 mi | Primary | 171 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Langdon Primary SchoolCommunity | 2.1 mi | Primary | 93 | Ungraded inspection, Apr 2025Last graded Good (Jul 2016) |
| Duke of York's Royal Military SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 2.3 mi | Secondary | 470 | Good, 2023 |
| Learning Opportunities Centre SecondaryOther independent special | 2.3 mi | Special | 31 | - |
| Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 2.6 mi | Primary | 211 | Outstanding, 2023 |
| Guston Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 2.6 mi | Primary | - | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2021No earlier grade held in our data. This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy. |
| Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 3.1 mi | Primary | 161 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| St Richard's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 3.1 mi | Primary | 191 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2022Last graded Good (May 2014, previous school) |
| St Edmund's Catholic SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 3.2 mi | Secondary | 644 | Good, 2022 |
| Dover Grammar School for GirlsCommunity | 3.3 mi | Secondary | 847 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; sixth form provision Good |
| Charlton Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 3.3 mi | Primary | 206 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2023Last graded Good (Feb 2018) |
| Ripplevale SchoolOther independent special | 3.3 mi | Special | 197 | - |
| Dover Christ Church AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 3.4 mi | Secondary | 761 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 1, Needs attention in 1 |
| Barton Junior SchoolAcademy converter | 3.4 mi | Primary | 202 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2024Last graded Good (Oct 2014) |
| Dover CollegeOther independent | 3.4 mi | Independent | 242 | - |
| Green Park Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 3.5 mi | Primary | 374 | Ungraded inspection, May 2023Last graded Outstanding (Jan 2017) |
| Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | 3.6 mi | Primary | 138 | Ungraded inspection, May 2025Last graded Outstanding (May 2019) |
| Whitfield Aspen SchoolCommunity | 3.8 mi | Primary | 662 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Priory Fields SchoolAcademy converter | 3.9 mi | Primary | 319 | Ungraded inspection, May 2024Last graded Good (Jun 2013, previous school) |
| The Downs Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 3.9 mi | Primary | 316 | Good, 2023 |
| Vale View Community SchoolAcademy converter | 4.0 mi | Primary | 222 | Good, 2022 |
| White Cliffs Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | 4.0 mi | Primary | 277 | Good, 2024 |
| Dover Grammar School for BoysFoundation | 4.1 mi | Secondary | 960 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2; sixth form provision Good |
| Astor Secondary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.2 mi | Secondary | 732 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 5 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.2 mi | Primary | 182 | Good, 2022 |
| St Martin's SchoolAcademy converter | 4.3 mi | Primary | 183 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2024Last graded Good (Mar 2014, previous school) |
| Deal Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.4 mi | Primary | 207 | Ungraded inspection, Jun 2023Last graded Good (May 2013, previous school) |
| River Primary SchoolCommunity | 4.5 mi | Primary | 384 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Goodwin AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 4.5 mi | Secondary | 780 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; sixth form provision Good |
| The Sallygate SchoolOther independent special | 4.6 mi | Special | 51 | - |
| Hornbeam Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.7 mi | Primary | 207 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2023Last graded Good (Mar 2014, previous school) |
| Temple Ewell Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 4.7 mi | Primary | 154 | Good, 2023 |
| Elms SchoolFoundation special | 4.7 mi | Special | 131 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Oct 2017) |
| Aycliffe Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 4.8 mi | Primary | 82 | Ungraded inspection, Dec 2022Last graded Good (Jun 2013) |
| Warden House Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.8 mi | Primary | 380 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 2 key judgements, Requires improvement in 2; early years provision Good |
| Sholden Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.8 mi | Primary | 91 | Good, 2023 |
| Brewood Secondary SchoolOther independent special | 4.8 mi | Special | 48 | - |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is close to the middle for deprivation in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 5 of 10).
Overall deprivation5
Income7
Employment6
Education and skills7
Health7
Crime6
Barriers to housing and services1
Living environment4
most deprivedleast deprived
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 55
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