St Monica Primary School
St. Monica Road, Sholing, Southampton, SO19 8ES
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- INSPIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Miss Hayley Clark
- Sponsor
- Inspire Learning Partnership
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 331
- URN
- 148004
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380399870
About this school
St Monica Primary School is a primary academy in Southampton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 331 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
- 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 | 85 | 62 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 48% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 66% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 58% | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 68% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +6.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.10 | - | - |
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 St Monica 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 | 45% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 420 |
| 2023/24 | 375 |
| 2024/25 | 358 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Monica Primary School compares
St Monica Primary School ranked 34th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% 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 | 47% | 4.9% | 35.8% | 331 | — |
| Weston Park Primary School | 62% | 8.1% | 59.5% | 497 | 0.4 miles |
| Sholing Infant School | — | 3.7% | 17.2% | 264 | 0.5 miles |
| Sholing Junior School | 53% | 6.9% | 28% | 353 | 0.6 miles |
| Valentine Primary School & Nursery | 41% | 7.5% | 48% | 453 | 0.6 miles |
| Ludlow Junior School | 66% | 5.7% | 37.2% | 579 | 0.6 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)
- 35.75%
- English as an additional language
- 9.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.91%
- Persistent absence
- 13.19%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Weston Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Sholing Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Sholing Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Valentine Primary School & Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Ludlow Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
St Monica Primary School ranks 67th 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 St Monica Primary School teach?
- St Monica Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of St Monica Primary School?
- The headteacher of St Monica Primary School is Miss Hayley Clark, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Monica Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Monica 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 St Monica Primary School?
- St Monica Primary School has 331 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is St Monica Primary School full?
- St Monica Primary School has capacity for 450 pupils and 331 on roll (74%), 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 St Monica Primary School a faith school?
- No. St Monica Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does St Monica Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records St Monica Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs St Monica Primary School?
- St Monica Primary School is part of INSPIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have St Monica Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Monica Primary School rank locally?
- St Monica Primary School ranked 34th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% 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 St Monica Primary School's absence rate?
- St Monica Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Monica Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Monica 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 10 July 2026.