Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School
Warren Crescent, Southampton, SO16 6AY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Bridge Education Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sophia Ship
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 372
- URN
- 116262
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380773975
About this school
Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School is a foundation primary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 372 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. 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 61 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 28% | 25% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 57% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 44% | 43% | 47% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 55% | 45% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 98.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
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 Shirley Warren Primary & 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 | Southampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 28% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 25% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 452 |
| 2023/24 | 440 |
| 2024/25 | 425 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School compares
Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School ranked 42nd of 45 primary schools in Southampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 25% | 7.4% | 42.1% | 372 | — |
| Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School | 54% | 5.1% | 40.2% | 619 | 0.4 miles |
| Shirley Infant School | — | 4.2% | 11.7% | 266 | 0.6 miles |
| Shirley Junior School | 48% | 4.8% | 21.5% | 361 | 0.6 miles |
| Newlands Primary School | 56% | 5.8% | 58% | 420 | 0.7 miles |
| Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases | 19% | 10.5% | 59.8% | 196 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.13%
- English as an additional language
- 40.9%
- Overall absence
- 7.36%
- Persistent absence
- 19.73%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Shirley Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Shirley Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Newlands Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School ranks 76th 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 Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School teach?
- Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School is Mrs Sophia Ship, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Shirley Warren Primary & 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 big is Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School?
- Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School has 372 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School full?
- Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School has capacity for 420 pupils and 372 on roll (89%), 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 Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School?
- Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery 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 Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 25% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School rank locally?
- Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School ranked 42nd of 45 primary schools in Southampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School's absence rate?
- Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School's overall absence rate is 7.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery 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.