Valentine Primary School & Nursery
Valentine Avenue, Sholing, Southampton, SO19 0EQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 0 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Constable-Phelps
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 570
- Pupils on roll
- 453
- URN
- 132025
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380448944
About this school
Valentine Primary School & Nursery is a community primary school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 0 to 11 and has 453 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Valentine Primary School & Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out 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 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
- Good
- 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 | 105 | 81 | 96 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 32% | 41% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 2% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 58% | 56% |
| Expected standard in maths | 47% | 51% | 48% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 44% | 46% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.40 | - | - |
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 Valentine Primary School & Nursery 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 | 32% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 41% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 646 |
| 2023/24 | 588 |
| 2024/25 | 511 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Valentine Primary School & Nursery compares
Valentine Primary School & Nursery ranked 39th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41% | 7.5% | 48% | 453 | — |
| St Monica Primary School | 47% | 4.9% | 35.8% | 331 | 0.6 miles |
| Hightown Primary School | 21% | 8% | 70.6% | 229 | 0.8 miles |
| Weston Park Primary School | 62% | 8.1% | 59.5% | 497 | 0.8 miles |
| Thornhill Primary School | 21% | 8.1% | 68% | 318 | 0.9 miles |
| Sholing Infant School | — | 3.7% | 17.2% | 264 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.95%
- English as an additional language
- 8.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.5%
- Persistent absence
- 23.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Monica Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Hightown Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Weston Park Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Thornhill Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Sholing Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Valentine Primary School & Nursery ranks 73rd 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 ages does Valentine Primary School & Nursery teach?
- Valentine Primary School & Nursery teaches children aged 0 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Valentine Primary School & Nursery?
- The headteacher of Valentine Primary School & Nursery is Mr Daniel Constable-Phelps, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Valentine Primary School & Nursery been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Valentine Primary School & Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Valentine Primary School & Nursery?
- Valentine Primary School & Nursery has 453 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 0 to 11.
- Is Valentine Primary School & Nursery full?
- Valentine Primary School & Nursery has capacity for 570 pupils and 453 on roll (79%), 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 Valentine Primary School & Nursery a faith school?
- No. Valentine Primary School & Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Valentine Primary School & Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Valentine Primary School & Nursery as having nursery classes.
- How have Valentine Primary School & Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 32% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Valentine Primary School & Nursery compare with other schools in Southampton?
- Valentine Primary School & Nursery ranked 39th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Valentine Primary School & Nursery's absence rate?
- Valentine Primary School & Nursery's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Valentine Primary School & Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Valentine Primary School & Nursery'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.