Schools in Southampton

About schools in Southampton

Most of the 158 schools listed in Southampton are primary schools. Its 22 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. One all-through school teaches every age from the early years to school-leaving age on a single site.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

60%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 83 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

43.8

average Attainment 8 score, across the 26 schools with published results

Nursery schools1

• Hardmoor Nursery & Early Years Centre - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 0 to 5

Primary schools109

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Abbotswood Junior School

  Foundation school · Ages 7 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Banister Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Bartley Church of England Junior School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 7 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Bassett Green Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Beechwood Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Berrywood Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Bevois Town Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Bishop's Waltham Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Bishops Waltham Infant School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 7

• Bitterne Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School

  Foundation school · Ages 3 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Blackfield Primary and Nursery School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Botley Church of England Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Bursledon Church of England Infant School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5 to 7

• Bursledon Junior School(CA)

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Calmore Infant School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 7

• Calmore Junior School

  Foundation school · Ages 7 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Copythorne CofE Infant School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 7

• Curdridge Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Droxford Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

• Durley Church of England Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Eling Infant School and Nursery

  Community school · Ages 4 to 7

• Fairisle Infant and Nursery School

  Foundation school · Ages 2 to 7

• Fairisle Junior School

  Foundation school · Ages 7 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Fawley Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Foundry Lane Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Foxhills Infant School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 7

• Foxhills Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Freegrounds Infant School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 7

• Freegrounds Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Freemantle Church of England Community Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Glenfield Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Hamble Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Harefield Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• Hazel Wood Infant School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 7

• Highfield Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Hightown Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  21%

  expected standard
• Hollybrook Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Hollybrook Junior School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 7 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  84%

  expected standard
• Hope Community School Southampton

  Free schools · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Hythe Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Kanes Hill Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Kings Copse Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Locks Heath Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Ludlow Infant Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Ludlow Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Lydlynch Infant School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 7

• Manor Church of England Infant School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 7

• Mansbridge Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Marchwood Church of England Infant School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 7

• Marchwood Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  19%

  expected standard
• Meonstoke Church of England Infant School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 7

• Moorlands Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  38%

  expected standard
• Mount Pleasant Infants

  Foundation school · Ages 3 to 7

• Mount Pleasant Juniors

  Foundation school · Ages 7 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Netley Abbey Infant School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 7

• Netley Abbey Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Netley Marsh Church of England Infant School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 7

• Newlands Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• North Baddesley Infant School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 7

• North Baddesley Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Nursling Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Oakfield Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Oakwood Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Orchard Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Orchard Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Park Gate Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  51%

  expected standard
• Portswood Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  87%

  expected standard
• Redbridge Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Saint James' Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Sarisbury Church of England Junior School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 7 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Sarisbury Infant School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 7

• Shamblehurst Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Shirley Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Shirley Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School

  Foundation school · Ages 2 to 11

  25%

  expected standard
• Sholing Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Sholing Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Springhill Catholic Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  95%

  expected standard
• St Denys Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  44%

  expected standard
• St John's Primary and Nursery School

  Foundation school · Ages 3 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• St Monica Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  82%

  expected standard
• Swanmore Church of England Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Swaythling Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Tanners Brook Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• Thornhill Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  21%

  expected standard
• Townhill Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 7

• Townhill Junior School

  Foundation school · Ages 7 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Upham Church of England Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Valentine Primary School & Nursery

  Community school · Ages 0 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• Waterside Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Wellstead Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Weston Park Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Weston Shore Infant School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 7

• Wildground Infant School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 7

• Wildground Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Woolston Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  54%

  expected standard

Secondary schools22

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Applemore College

  Foundation school · Ages 11 to 16

  36.7

  Attainment 8
• Bitterne Park School

  Foundation school · Ages 11 to 18

  43.1

  Attainment 8
• Brookfield Community School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  50.8

  Attainment 8
• Cantell School

  Foundation school · Ages 11 to 16

  46.9

  Attainment 8
• Deer Park School

  Free schools · Ages 11 to 16

• Hounsdown School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  46.1

  Attainment 8
• Lift New Forest

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  38.5

  Attainment 8
• Noadswood School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  45.5

  Attainment 8
• Oasis Academy Lord's Hill

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  37.0

  Attainment 8
• Oasis Academy Mayfield

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  37.0

  Attainment 8
• Oasis Academy Sholing

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  43.3

  Attainment 8
• Redbridge Community School

  Foundation school · Ages 11 to 16

  32.2

  Attainment 8
• Regents Park Community College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

• Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  60.0

  Attainment 8
• St Anne's Catholic School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls

  55.6

  Attainment 8
• Swanmore College

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  49.4

  Attainment 8
• Testwood School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  42.9

  Attainment 8
• The Hamble School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  47.2

  Attainment 8
• Upper Shirley High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  47.0

  Attainment 8
• Weston Secondary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  31.1

  Attainment 8
• Wildern School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  48.6

  Attainment 8
• Woodlands Community College

  Foundation school · Ages 11 to 16

  35.5

  Attainment 8

All-through schools1

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• St Mark's Church of England School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 16

Sixth forms and colleges2

• Itchen College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

• Richard Taunton Sixth Form College

  Academy 16-19 converter · Ages 16 to 19

Special schools and alternative provision19

• Bower Lodge School

  Other independent special school · Ages 4 to 11

• Compass School

  Pupil referral unit · Ages 5 to 16

• Dibden Park School

  Other independent special school · Ages 8 to 16

• Fair Ways School

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 19

• Forest Park School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 19

• Great Oaks School

  Academy special converter · Ages 11 to 19

• Greenwood School

  Pupil referral unit · Ages 11 to 16

• King's Academy Lord Wilson

  Academy special converter · Ages 11 to 16 · Boys

• New Avenue School

  Other independent special school · Ages 9 to 16

• New Forest Alternative Provision

  Other independent special school · Ages 7 to 12

• Oak Lodge School

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 16

• Oaktree Education Services Limited

  Special post 16 institution

• Rosewood Free School

  Free schools special · Ages 2 to 19

• Southampton Hospital School

  Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 4 to 16

• Springwell School

  Community special school · Ages 4 to 11

Common questions about schools in Southampton

How many schools are in Southampton?

OfferDay lists 158 schools in Southampton, including 109 primary schools and 22 secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Southampton?

Every school in Southampton is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

Which are the best schools in Southampton?

OfferDay ranks schools in Southampton where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.