Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases
Helvellyn Road, Millbrook, Southampton, SO16 4AS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr D Constable-Phelps Executive Headteacher Ms F Bauck Head of School
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 196
- URN
- 116263
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380390140
About this school
Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases is a community primary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 196 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
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong 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 | 43 | 36 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 17% | 19% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 86% | 48% |
| Expected standard in maths | 51% | 17% | 23% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 49% | 75% | 45% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 108.0 | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | - | 94.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases 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 | 44% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 17% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 19% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 204 |
| 2023/24 | 214 |
| 2024/25 | 208 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases compares
Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases ranked 45th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 19% | 10.5% | 59.8% | 196 | — |
| Newlands Primary School | 56% | 5.8% | 58% | 420 | 0.4 miles |
| Tanners Brook Primary School | 74% | 5% | 33.5% | 390 | 0.4 miles |
| Redbridge Primary School | 67% | 4.7% | 64.8% | 206 | 0.6 miles |
| Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools | 83% | 8.7% | 57.6% | 367 | 0.7 miles |
| Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School | 25% | 7.4% | 42.1% | 372 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report24 March 2026
- 27 June 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 59.8%
- English as an additional language
- 25.5%
- Overall absence
- 10.5%
- Persistent absence
- 34.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newlands Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Tanners Brook Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Redbridge Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases ranks 79th 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 Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases teach?
- Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases?
- The headteacher of Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases is Mr D Constable-Phelps Executive Headteacher Ms F Bauck Head of School, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases, 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 Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases?
- Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases has 196 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases full?
- Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases has capacity for 240 pupils and 196 on roll (82%), 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 Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases a faith school?
- No. Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases has no designated religious character.
- Does Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases have?
- The schools register lists Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 44% in 2022/23 and 19% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases rank locally?
- Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases ranked 45th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases's absence rate?
- Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases's overall absence rate is 10.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases'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.