Tanners Brook Primary School
Elmes Drive, Millbrook, Southampton, SO15 4PF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD
- Executive Principal
- Co Headteacher Ingrid/Sarah Dowse/Mack
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- HISP Multi Academy Trust Ltd
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 510
- Pupils on roll
- 390
- URN
- 142076
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380771659
About this school
Tanners Brook Primary School is a primary academy in Southampton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 390 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 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
- Outstanding
- 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 | 66 | 68 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 63% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 72% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 76% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 66% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - | - |
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 Tanners Brook 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 | 59% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 408 |
| 2023/24 | 414 |
| 2024/25 | 394 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tanners Brook Primary School compares
Tanners Brook Primary School ranked 9th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 5% | 33.5% | 390 | — |
| Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases | 19% | 10.5% | 59.8% | 196 | 0.4 miles |
| Foundry Lane Primary School | 48% | 5.8% | 23.3% | 492 | 0.7 miles |
| Newlands Primary School | 56% | 5.8% | 58% | 420 | 0.7 miles |
| Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School | 54% | 5.1% | 40.2% | 619 | 0.9 miles |
| Redbridge Primary School | 67% | 4.7% | 64.8% | 206 | 0.9 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.5%
- English as an additional language
- 18%
- Overall absence
- 4.97%
- Persistent absence
- 15.76%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Foundry Lane Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Newlands Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Redbridge Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Tanners Brook Primary School ranks 12th 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 Tanners Brook Primary School teach?
- Tanners Brook Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the executive principal of Tanners Brook Primary School?
- The executive principal of Tanners Brook Primary School is Co Headteacher Ingrid/Sarah Dowse/Mack, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Tanners Brook Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tanners Brook 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 Tanners Brook Primary School?
- Tanners Brook Primary School has 390 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Tanners Brook Primary School full?
- Tanners Brook Primary School has capacity for 510 pupils and 390 on roll (76%), 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 Tanners Brook Primary School a faith school?
- No. Tanners Brook Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Tanners Brook Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Tanners Brook Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Tanners Brook Primary School?
- Tanners Brook Primary School is part of HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Tanners Brook Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Tanners Brook Primary School rank locally?
- Tanners Brook Primary School ranked 9th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Tanners Brook Primary School's absence rate?
- Tanners Brook Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tanners Brook Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tanners Brook 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 2 July 2026.