Bevois Town Primary School
Cedar Road, Southampton, SO14 6RU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Aspire Community Trust
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Sarah Sadler
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 410
- URN
- 116088
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380221467
About this school
Bevois Town Primary School is a foundation primary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 410 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 28 February 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good and saw signs of improvement; a full inspection will follow. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 51 | 52 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 50% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 18% | 6% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 63% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 71% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 87% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.40 | - | - |
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 Bevois Town 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 | Southampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 408 |
| 2023/24 | 415 |
| 2024/25 | 406 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bevois Town Primary School compares
Bevois Town Primary School ranked 28th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 4.6% | 42.9% | 410 | — |
| Mount Pleasant Juniors | 47% | 7.1% | 43.2% | 334 | 0.3 miles |
| Mount Pleasant Infants | — | 8.3% | 26.5% | 315 | 0.4 miles |
| Banister Primary School | 67% | 4.9% | 33.5% | 417 | 0.5 miles |
| St Denys Primary School | 41% | 6.5% | 34.3% | 207 | 0.8 miles |
| Springhill Catholic Primary School | 95% | 3% | 14.1% | 652 | 0.8 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)
- 42.86%
- English as an additional language
- 75.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.56%
- Persistent absence
- 11.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mount Pleasant Juniors0.3 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Mount Pleasant Infants0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Banister Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Southampton
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St Denys Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Springhill Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Bevois Town Primary School ranks 59th 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
- 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
- Blackfield Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bevois Town Primary School teach?
- Bevois Town Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Bevois Town Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bevois Town Primary School is Headteacher Sarah Sadler, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bevois Town Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bevois Town 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 big is Bevois Town Primary School?
- Bevois Town Primary School has 410 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bevois Town Primary School full?
- Bevois Town Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 410 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bevois Town Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bevois Town Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bevois Town Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bevois Town Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Bevois Town Primary School?
- Bevois Town Primary School is part of Aspire Community Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bevois Town Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bevois Town Primary School rank locally?
- Bevois Town Primary School ranked 28th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bevois Town Primary School's absence rate?
- Bevois Town Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bevois Town Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bevois Town 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.