Knightwood Primary School
Bell Flower Way, Knightwood Road, Eastleigh, SO53 4HW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Emma Clark
- Constituency
- Eastleigh
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 405
- Pupils on roll
- 395
- URN
- 131717
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380261900
About this school
Knightwood Primary School is a community primary school in Eastleigh. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 395 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 59 | 60 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 65% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 19% | 10% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 88% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 92% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 82% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 109.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
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 Knightwood 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 | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 71% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 407 |
| 2023/24 | 397 |
| 2024/25 | 405 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Knightwood Primary School compares
Knightwood Primary School ranked 154th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 3.9% | 4.7% | 395 | — |
| St Francis Church of England Primary School | 80% | 3% | 4.2% | 361 | 0.7 miles |
| Hiltingbury Infant School | — | 3.6% | 4.4% | 268 | 1.0 miles |
| Hiltingbury Junior School | 81% | 3.4% | 8% | 372 | 1.0 miles |
| Chandler's Ford Infant School | — | 3.4% | 5.3% | 123 | 1.0 miles |
| Merdon Junior School | 52% | 5% | 10.9% | 221 | 1.3 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)
- 4.69%
- English as an additional language
- 24.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.89%
- Persistent absence
- 6.76%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Francis Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Hiltingbury Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Hiltingbury Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Chandler's Ford Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Merdon Junior School1.3 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
Other schools in Eastleigh
Knightwood Primary School ranks 7th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Eastleigh.
- Chandler's Ford Infant School Primary
- Cherbourg Primary School Primary
- Colden Common Primary School Primary
- Fair Oak Infant School Primary
- Fair Oak Junior School Primary
- Fryern Infant School Primary
- Fryern Junior School Primary
- Hiltingbury Infant School Primary
- Hiltingbury Junior School Primary
- Merdon Junior School Primary
- Nightingale Primary School Primary
- Norwood Primary & Pre-School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Knightwood Primary School teach?
- Knightwood Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Eastleigh.
- Who is the headteacher of Knightwood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Knightwood Primary School is Emma Clark, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Knightwood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Knightwood 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 Knightwood Primary School?
- Knightwood Primary School has 395 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Knightwood Primary School full?
- Knightwood Primary School has capacity for 405 pupils and 395 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Knightwood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Knightwood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Knightwood Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Knightwood Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Knightwood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Knightwood Primary School rank locally?
- Knightwood Primary School ranked 154th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Knightwood Primary School's absence rate?
- Knightwood Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Knightwood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Knightwood 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 30 June 2026.