Bassett Green Primary School
Honeysuckle Road, Bassett, Southampton, SO16 3BZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Aspire Community Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucy Bannister
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 412
- URN
- 131839
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380676262
About this school
Bassett Green Primary School is a foundation primary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 412 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 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- 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 | 86 | 86 | 85 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 51% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 7% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 63% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 65% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 66% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.60 | - | - |
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 Bassett Green 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 | 44% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 503 |
| 2023/24 | 481 |
| 2024/25 | 448 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bassett Green Primary School compares
Bassett Green Primary School ranked 23rd of 45 primary schools in Southampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 5.9% | 42.6% | 412 | — |
| Swaythling Primary School | 66% | 5% | 38.8% | 201 | 0.2 miles |
| Portswood Primary School | 87% | 4.7% | 30.3% | 416 | 0.6 miles |
| Highfield Church of England Primary School | 78% | 4.6% | 10.1% | 315 | 0.6 miles |
| Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools | 69% | 4.1% | 18.2% | 725 | 0.9 miles |
| Mansbridge Primary School | 58% | 6.7% | 51% | 199 | 1.0 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 report20 January 2026
- 10 June 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.63%
- English as an additional language
- 50.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.89%
- Persistent absence
- 15.68%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Swaythling Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Portswood Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Highfield Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools0.9 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Mansbridge Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Bassett Green Primary School ranks 48th of the 79 ranked primary schools in Southampton.
- Abbotswood Junior School Primary
- Banister Primary School Primary
- Bartley Church of England Junior 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
- Blackfield Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bassett Green Primary School teach?
- Bassett Green Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Bassett Green Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bassett Green Primary School is Mrs Lucy Bannister, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bassett Green Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bassett Green 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 Bassett Green Primary School?
- Bassett Green Primary School has 412 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bassett Green Primary School full?
- Bassett Green Primary School has capacity for 450 pupils and 412 on roll (92%), 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 Bassett Green Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bassett Green Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bassett Green Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bassett Green Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Bassett Green Primary School?
- Bassett Green Primary School is part of Aspire Community Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bassett Green Primary School'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 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bassett Green Primary School rank locally?
- Bassett Green Primary School ranked 23rd of 45 primary schools in Southampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bassett Green Primary School's absence rate?
- Bassett Green Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bassett Green Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bassett Green 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.