South East
Primary schools in Southampton
81 schools, 34,805 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 35.5.
Ofsted across Southampton
Good29
Outstanding7
Requires improvement3
Inadequate1
No overall grade41
40 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 41 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Primary schools in Southampton
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springhill Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | Outstanding 2022 | 95% |
| Portswood Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | Good 2022 | 87% |
| Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of SchoolsCommunity school | Southampton | No grade | 83% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Southampton | No grade | 82% |
| Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of SchoolsCommunity school | Southampton | Good 2024 | 81% |
| Highfield Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Southampton | Good 2022 | 78% |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of SchoolsVoluntary aided school | Southampton | No grade | 78% |
| Fairisle Junior SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | Good 2023 | 76% |
| Tanners Brook Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southampton | No grade | 74% |
| Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of SchoolsCommunity school | Southampton | No grade | 69% |
| Hollybrook Junior SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southampton | Good 2024 | 68% |
| Banister Primary SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | Good 2024 | 67% |
| Redbridge Primary SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | No grade | 67% |
| Kanes Hill Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | Good 2022 | 67% |
| Swaythling Primary SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | No grade | 66% |
| Ludlow Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | No grade | 66% |
| Beechwood Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | No grade | 66% |
| Hope Community School SouthamptonFree schools | Southampton | No grade | 62% |
| Weston Park Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southampton | Good 2021 | 62% |
| Harefield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | Requires improvement 2024 | 59% |
| Mansbridge Primary SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | Good 2022 | 58% |
| Bassett Green Primary SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | No grade | 58% |
| Freemantle Church of England Community AcademyAcademy converter | Southampton | Good 2024 | 57% |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School & NurseryVoluntary controlled school | Southampton | Outstanding 2023 | 56% |
| Newlands Primary SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | Good 2024 | 56% |
| Wordsworth Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | No grade | 54% |
| Bevois Town Primary SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | Good 2024 | 53% |
| Sholing Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | Good 2022 | 53% |
| Townhill Junior SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | Good 2022 | 48% |
| Oakwood Primary SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | No grade | 48% |
| Shirley Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | Good 2023 | 48% |
| Foundry Lane Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | Requires improvement 2022 | 48% |
| Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | Good 2024 | 47% |
| Mount Pleasant JuniorsFoundation school | Southampton | Outstanding 2023 | 47% |
| Bitterne Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Southampton | No grade | 47% |
| St Monica Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southampton | No grade | 47% |
| St Denys Primary SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | No grade | 41% |
| Valentine Primary School & NurseryCommunity school | Southampton | No grade | 41% |
| St John's Primary and Nursery SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | No grade | 40% |
| Moorlands Primary SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | No grade | 38% |
| Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | No grade | 25% |
| Hightown Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southampton | Good 2023 | 21% |
| Thornhill Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | No grade | 21% |
| Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist BasesCommunity school | Southampton | No grade | 19% |
| Mount Pleasant InfantsFoundation school | Southampton | No grade | — |
| Fairisle Infant and Nursery SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | No grade | — |
| Ludlow Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Southampton | Good 2024 | — |
| Hollybrook Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | No grade | — |
| Shirley Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | No grade | — |
| Townhill Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | Good 2022 | — |
| Glenfield Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | No grade | — |
| Sholing Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | No grade | — |
| Weston Shore Infant SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southampton | Good 2023 | — |
| Woolston Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Southampton | Good 2024 | — |