Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Southampton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 27 April 2022Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry47 applications · 25 places offered · 25 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Southampton median median 1.9
- 2025 2.0; Southampton median median 1.9
- 2024 2.0; Southampton median median 2.1
- 2023 1.4; Southampton median median 2.1
- 2022 2.4; Southampton median median 2.1
- 2021 1.8; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2020 1.9; Southampton median median 2.2
- 2019 1.6; Southampton median median 1.9
- 2018 2.0; Southampton median median 2.1
- 2017 1.4; Southampton median median 2.0
- 2016 2.1; Southampton median median 2.1
- 2015 1.7; Southampton median median 2.3
- 2014 1.7; Southampton median median 2.3
- This school
- Southampton median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 25 | 47 | 1.9 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 59 | 2.0 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 40 | 79 | 2.0 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 45 | 62 | 1.4 | 38 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 | 33 | 78 | 2.4 | 32 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 51 | 94 | 1.8 | 47 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 64 | 123 | 1.9 | 53 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 | 57 | 91 | 1.6 | 43 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2018 | 68 | 135 | 2.0 | 69 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 | 86 | 120 | 1.4 | 63 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2016 | 68 | 141 | 2.1 | 65 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 | 86 | 149 | 1.7 | 76 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 | 79 | 133 | 1.7 | 74 | 0.94 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Townhill Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place
- 0.1 km · SouthamptonGood202248%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · SouthamptonGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SouthamptonRequires improvement20241.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · SouthamptonGood20221.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · SouthamptonGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Southampton20262.1applications per place
- 1.6 km · SouthamptonGraded · no overall grade202566%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · SouthamptonGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140478 · 852/2461
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 143 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2013
- Replaced
- Townhill Infant School (URN 116132)
- Address
- Benhams Road, Southampton, SO18 2FG
- Local authority
- Southampton
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources