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Schools in Southampton

80 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Southampton has 76 state schools: 54 primary, 12 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 nursery. Between them they teach around 33,650 pupils. 56 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.2 out of 10, and 5 score 8 or above.

6 have a sixth form. 17 take children from age three or under. 11 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Good or better

44

of 48 rated

Average score

4.2

out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Banister Primary School Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Oasis Academy Mayfield Good · ×0.7 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Anne's Catholic School Outstanding · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hollybrook Infant School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Mark's Church of England School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Freemantle Church of England Community Academy Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Kanes Hill Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ludlow Infant Academy Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Swaythling Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Southampton

Primary schools: LA publishes a 'Designated catchment area statement' and catchment areas page; unplaced children fall back to the catchment school, then nearest school with space. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Banister Primary School Southampton · Good Bassett Green Primary School Southampton Beechwood Junior School Southampton · Not judged Bevois Town Primary School Southampton · Good Bitterne Church of England Primary School Southampton · Not judged Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School Southampton · Good Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton · Not judged Bitterne Park School Southampton · Good CHARLTON HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED Hampshire Cantell School Southampton · Outstanding Fairisle Infant and Nursery School Southampton · Not judged Fairisle Junior School Southampton · Good Foundry Lane Primary School Southampton · Requires improvement Freemantle Church of England Community Academy Southampton · Good Glenfield Infant School Southampton Great Oaks School Southampton · Outstanding Hardmoor Nursery & Early Years Centre - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton · Good Harefield Primary School Southampton · Requires improvement Highfield Church of England Primary School Southampton · Good Hightown Primary School Southampton · Good Hollybrook Infant School Southampton · Good Hollybrook Junior School Southampton · Good Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton · Outstanding Hope Community School Southampton Southampton Itchen College Southampton · Outstanding Kanes Hill Primary School Southampton · Good King Edward VI School Southampton Ludlow Infant Academy Southampton · Good Ludlow Junior School Southampton · Not judged Mansbridge Primary School Southampton · Good Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton · Good Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases Southampton Moorlands Primary School Southampton · Not judged Mount Pleasant Infants Southampton · Not judged Mount Pleasant Juniors Southampton · Outstanding Newlands Primary School Southampton · Good Oakwood Primary School Southampton Oasis Academy Lord's Hill Southampton · Inadequate Oasis Academy Mayfield Southampton · Good Oasis Academy Sholing Southampton · Not judged Portswood Primary School Southampton Redbridge Community School Southampton · Good Redbridge Primary School Southampton · Good Regents Park Community College Southampton Richard Taunton Sixth Form College Southampton Rosewood Free School Southampton · Outstanding Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton Southampton · Outstanding Shirley Infant School Southampton · Not judged Shirley Junior School Southampton · Good Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School Southampton · Not judged Sholing Infant School Southampton · Not judged Sholing Junior School Southampton · Good Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton · Good Springhill Catholic Primary School Southampton · Outstanding Springwell School Southampton · Outstanding St Anne's Catholic School Southampton · Outstanding St Denys Primary School Southampton · Good St John's Primary and Nursery School Southampton · Not judged St Mark's Church of England School Southampton · Good St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery Southampton · Outstanding St Monica Primary School Southampton · Not judged St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Southampton · Good Swaythling Primary School Southampton · Good Tanners Brook Primary School Southampton · Not judged The Cedar School Southampton · Good The Gregg Preparatory School The Gregg School Southampton The Polygon School Southampton Thornhill Primary School Southampton Townhill Infant School Southampton Townhill Junior School Southampton · Good Upper Shirley High School Southampton · Good Valentine Primary School & Nursery Southampton · Not judged Vermont School Southampton · Not judged Weston Park Primary School Southampton · Good Weston Secondary School Southampton · Requires improvement Weston Shore Infant School Southampton · Good Woodlands Community College Southampton · Good Woolston Infant School Southampton · Good Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School Southampton · Not judged

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	31 October 2027
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	15 January 2028
Sept 2028	Offer day	1 March 2028
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	17 April 2028
Sept 2027	Application deadline	31 October 2026
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	15 January 2027
Sept 2027	Offer day	1 March 2027
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	16 April 2027
Sept 2026	Application deadline	31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	16 April 2026 (passed)

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