Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School
Warsash Road, Locks Heath, Southampton, SO31 9NZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Rick Jump
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hamble Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 277
- URN
- 115989
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01489584180
About this school
Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School is a community primary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 277 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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
Trends over time
How Locks Heath Infant & Nursery 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 326 |
| 2023/24 | 297 |
| 2024/25 | 283 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.5% | 9.2% | 277 | — |
| Locks Heath Junior School | 70% | 3.7% | 10.6% | 418 | 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 |
| Park Gate Primary School | 51% | 4.1% | 14% | 404 | 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)
- 9.19%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.48%
- Persistent absence
- 3.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Locks Heath Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Southampton
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St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Fareham
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St Anthony's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Fareham
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Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Park Gate Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other 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 Infant & Nursery School teach?
- Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School is Mr Rick Jump, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Locks Heath Infant & Nursery 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 Infant & Nursery School?
- Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School has 277 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School full?
- Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School has capacity for 300 pupils and 277 on roll (92%), 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 Infant & Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- What is Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School's absence rate?
- Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.