Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
Culver Close, Porlock Road, Southampton, SO16 9HZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gerida Montague & Mr Paul Lodge - Co Headteachers
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 367
- URN
- 131272
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380776162
About this school
Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools is a community primary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 367 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's most recent visit was a short inspection on 5 February 2025, where inspectors found the school has improved significantly. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 54 | 58 | 35 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 88% | 83% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 10% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 91% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 91% | 94% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 86% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 110.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 109.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.00 | - | - |
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 Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 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 | 76% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 88% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 83% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 346 |
| 2023/24 | 380 |
| 2024/25 | 357 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools compares
Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools ranked 3rd of 45 primary schools in Southampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 83% | 8.7% | 57.6% | 367 | — |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools | 78% | 8.1% | 25.4% | 412 | 0.2 miles |
| Redbridge Primary School | 67% | 4.7% | 64.8% | 206 | 0.4 miles |
| Newlands Primary School | 56% | 5.8% | 58% | 420 | 0.4 miles |
| Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases | 19% | 10.5% | 59.8% | 196 | 0.7 miles |
| Fairisle Infant and Nursery School | — | 7.6% | 34.9% | 324 | 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)
- 57.56%
- English as an additional language
- 14.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.72%
- Persistent absence
- 26.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools0.2 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Redbridge Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Newlands Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Fairisle Infant and Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools ranks 4th 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 Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools teach?
- Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools?
- The headteacher of Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools is Mrs Gerida Montague & Mr Paul Lodge - Co Headteachers, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools, 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 Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools?
- Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools has 367 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools full?
- Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools has capacity for 420 pupils and 367 on roll (87%), 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 Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools a faith school?
- No. Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools has no designated religious character.
- Does Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools as having nursery classes.
- How have Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 76% in 2022/23 and 83% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools rank locally?
- Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools ranked 3rd of 45 primary schools in Southampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools's absence rate?
- Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools'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.