Moorlands Primary School
Kesteven Way, Bitterne, Southampton, SO18 5RJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Reach Cooperative Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr David Parkin FCCT
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 393
- URN
- 116127
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380464404
About this school
Moorlands Primary School is a foundation primary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 393 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Moorlands 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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 | 59 | 60 | 55 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 57% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 8% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 72% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 68% | 47% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 70% | 47% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.20 | - | - |
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 Moorlands 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 | 59% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 38% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 409 |
| 2023/24 | 401 |
| 2024/25 | 388 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moorlands Primary School compares
Moorlands Primary School ranked 41st of 45 primary schools in Southampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38% | 6.7% | 42% | 393 | — |
| Townhill Infant School | — | 7.2% | 39.4% | 143 | 0.4 miles |
| Harefield Primary School | 59% | 6.6% | 41.5% | 397 | 0.4 miles |
| Townhill Junior School | 48% | 6.4% | 48.8% | 210 | 0.4 miles |
| Glenfield Infant School | — | 6.5% | 25.4% | 226 | 0.7 miles |
| Beechwood Junior School | 66% | 4.2% | 32.8% | 350 | 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)
- 42.01%
- English as an additional language
- 14.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.7%
- Persistent absence
- 19.22%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Townhill Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Harefield Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Townhill Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Glenfield Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Beechwood Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Moorlands Primary School ranks 75th 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 Moorlands Primary School teach?
- Moorlands Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Moorlands Primary School?
- The headteacher of Moorlands Primary School is Mr David Parkin FCCT, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Moorlands Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Moorlands 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 Moorlands Primary School?
- Moorlands Primary School has 393 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Moorlands Primary School full?
- Moorlands Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 393 on roll (94%), 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 Moorlands Primary School a faith school?
- No. Moorlands Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Moorlands Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Moorlands Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Moorlands Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Moorlands Primary School is part of Reach Cooperative Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Moorlands Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Moorlands Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Moorlands Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 38% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Moorlands Primary School compare with other schools in Southampton?
- Moorlands Primary School ranked 41st of 45 primary schools in Southampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Moorlands Primary School's absence rate?
- Moorlands Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Moorlands Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Moorlands 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.