Locks Heath Junior School
Warsash Road, Locks Heath, Southampton, SO31 9NZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natasha Farrell
- Constituency
- Hamble Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 512
- Pupils on roll
- 418
- URN
- 115926
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01489572226
About this school
Locks Heath Junior School is a community primary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 418 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Locks Heath Junior 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
- 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 | 124 | 94 | 125 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 61% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 7% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 77% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 76% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 72% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
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 Locks Heath Junior 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 | 56% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 458 |
| 2023/24 | 442 |
| 2024/25 | 435 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Locks Heath Junior School compares
Locks Heath Junior School ranked 99th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 70% | 3.7% | 10.6% | 418 | — |
| Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School | — | 3.5% | 9.2% | 277 | 0.1 miles |
| St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School | 69% | 4.7% | 15.9% | 339 | 0.6 miles |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School | 76% | 3.3% | 4.2% | 215 | 0.9 miles |
| Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy | 84% | 3.3% | 13.6% | 421 | 1.0 miles |
| Sarisbury Infant School | — | 4.6% | 10.7% | 261 | 1.1 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)
- 10.57%
- English as an additional language
- 5.7%
- Overall absence
- 3.65%
- Persistent absence
- 5.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School0.1 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Fareham
-
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Fareham
-
Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Sarisbury Infant School1.1 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Locks Heath Junior School ranks 20th 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 Locks Heath Junior School teach?
- Locks Heath Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Locks Heath Junior School?
- The headteacher of Locks Heath Junior School is Mrs Natasha Farrell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Locks Heath Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Locks Heath Junior 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 Locks Heath Junior School?
- Locks Heath Junior School has 418 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Locks Heath Junior School full?
- Locks Heath Junior School has capacity for 512 pupils and 418 on roll (82%), 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 Locks Heath Junior School a faith school?
- No. Locks Heath Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Locks Heath Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Locks Heath Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Locks Heath Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Locks Heath Junior School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- Locks Heath Junior School ranked 99th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Locks Heath Junior School's absence rate?
- Locks Heath Junior School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Locks Heath Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Locks Heath Junior 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.