Waterside Primary School
Ashford Crescent, Hythe, Southampton, SO45 6ET
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Moakes
- Constituency
- New Forest East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 170
- URN
- 115899
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380842143
About this school
Waterside Primary School is a community primary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 170 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Waterside Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 27 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 53% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 70% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 57% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 67% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Waterside Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 185 |
| 2023/24 | 185 |
| 2024/25 | 175 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Waterside Primary School compares
Waterside Primary School ranked 218th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 5.5% | 46.9% | 170 | — |
| Hythe Primary School | 62% | 5% | 29.6% | 238 | 0.5 miles |
| Orchard Junior School | 64% | 4.1% | 17.5% | 355 | 0.8 miles |
| Orchard Infant School | — | — | — | 270 | 0.8 miles |
| Wildground Junior School | 75% | 5.2% | 41.3% | 197 | 0.9 miles |
| Wildground Infant School | — | 7.2% | 36.4% | 185 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.86%
- English as an additional language
- 10.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.47%
- Persistent absence
- 11.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hythe Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Orchard Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Orchard Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Wildground Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Wildground Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Waterside Primary School ranks 55th of the 79 ranked primary schools in Southampton.
- Abbotswood Junior School Primary
- Banister Primary School Primary
- Bartley Church of England Junior School Primary
- Bassett Green Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Junior School Primary
- Berrywood Primary School Primary
- Bevois Town Primary School Primary
- Bishop's Waltham Junior School Primary
- Bishops Waltham Infant School Primary
- Bitterne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Waterside Primary School teach?
- Waterside Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Waterside Primary School?
- The headteacher of Waterside Primary School is Mrs Emma Moakes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Waterside Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Waterside Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Waterside Primary School?
- Waterside Primary School has 170 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Waterside Primary School full?
- Waterside Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 170 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Waterside Primary School a faith school?
- No. Waterside Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Waterside Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Waterside Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Waterside Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Waterside Primary School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- Waterside Primary School ranked 218th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Waterside Primary School's absence rate?
- Waterside Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Waterside Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Waterside Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.