Oakwood Primary School
Sandpiper Road, Southampton, SO16 8FD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Bridge Education Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Maria Whitmarsh
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 419
- URN
- 116138
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380742345
About this school
Oakwood Primary School is a foundation primary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 419 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
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 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 55% | 48% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 8% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 73% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 77% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 68% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.70 | - | - |
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 Oakwood 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 | 63% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 48% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 414 |
| 2023/24 | 418 |
| 2024/25 | 414 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Oakwood Primary School compares
Oakwood Primary School ranked 32nd of 45 primary schools in Southampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 19% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48% | 4.3% | 27.1% | 419 | — |
| Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools | 81% | 5.9% | 35.3% | 222 | 0.4 miles |
| Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School | 63% | 4.6% | 12.3% | 334 | 0.9 miles |
| Fairisle Infant and Nursery School | — | 7.6% | 34.9% | 324 | 0.9 miles |
| Fairisle Junior School | 76% | 5.5% | 45.4% | 375 | 0.9 miles |
| Hollybrook Infant School | — | 4.6% | 17.3% | 160 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.05%
- English as an additional language
- 15.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.27%
- Persistent absence
- 8.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Fairisle Infant and Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Fairisle Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Hollybrook Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Oakwood Primary School ranks 65th 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 year groups does Oakwood Primary School teach?
- Oakwood Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Oakwood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Oakwood Primary School is Mrs Maria Whitmarsh, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Oakwood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oakwood 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 Oakwood Primary School?
- Oakwood Primary School has 419 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Oakwood Primary School full?
- Oakwood Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 419 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Oakwood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Oakwood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Oakwood Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Oakwood Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Oakwood Primary School?
- Oakwood Primary School is part of Bridge Education Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Oakwood 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 48% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Oakwood Primary School rank locally?
- Oakwood Primary School ranked 32nd of 45 primary schools in Southampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 19% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Oakwood Primary School's absence rate?
- Oakwood Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oakwood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oakwood 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 15 July 2026.