Foundry Lane Primary School
Foundry Lane, Shirley, Southampton, SO15 3JT
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Foundry Lane Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Sean Taylor
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 567
- URN
- 116261
- Local authority
- Southampton
About this school
Foundry Lane Primary School was a foundation primary school in Southampton. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 567 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Foundry Lane Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 90 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.60 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.40 | - |
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 Foundry Lane 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 | 64% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 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 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 588 |
| 2023/24 | 567 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Foundry Lane Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.3% | 24.7% | 567 | — |
| Foundry Lane Primary School | 48% | 5.8% | 23.3% | 492 | 0.0 miles |
| Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School | 54% | 5.1% | 40.2% | 619 | 0.4 miles |
| Freemantle Church of England Community Academy | 57% | 6.5% | 35.1% | 429 | 0.6 miles |
| Tanners Brook Primary School | 74% | 5% | 33.5% | 390 | 0.7 miles |
| Shirley Infant School | — | 4.2% | 11.7% | 266 | 0.7 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.7%
- English as an additional language
- 39.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.3%
- Persistent absence
- 13.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Foundry Lane Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Freemantle Church of England Community Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Tanners Brook Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Shirley Infant School0.7 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 year groups does Foundry Lane Primary School teach?
- Foundry Lane Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Southampton.
- Has Foundry Lane Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Foundry Lane Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Foundry Lane Primary School?
- Foundry Lane Primary School had 567 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Foundry Lane Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Foundry Lane Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Foundry Lane 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 31 August 2024.