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Best primary schools in Southampton

44 of 56 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Southampton schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 34 of them.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Springhill Catholic Primary School Southampton 95.0% Outstanding oversubscribed 1.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Portswood Primary School Southampton hidden gem 87.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton hidden gem 83.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Southampton 82.0% Good oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton 81.0% Good improving about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Highfield Church of England Primary School Southampton 78.0% Good declining oversubscribed 1.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton 78.0% Outstanding improving about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Fairisle Junior School Southampton 76.0% Good — mapped
9 Tanners Brook Primary School Southampton 74.0% Not judged about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton 69.0% Not judged improving about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Hollybrook Junior School Southampton 68.0% Good — approximate
12 Banister Primary School Southampton hidden gem 67.0% Good undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Kanes Hill Primary School Southampton hidden gem 67.0% Good improving about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Redbridge Primary School Southampton 67.0% Good oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Beechwood Junior School Southampton 66.0% Not judged — approximate
16 Ludlow Junior School Southampton 66.0% Not judged — approximate
17 Swaythling Primary School Southampton hidden gem 66.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 Hope Community School Southampton Southampton 62.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Weston Park Primary School Southampton 62.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 Harefield Primary School Southampton 59.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 Bassett Green Primary School Southampton 58.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
22 Mansbridge Primary School Southampton 58.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 Freemantle Church of England Community Academy Southampton hidden gem 57.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Newlands Primary School Southampton hidden gem 56.0% Good improving about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery Southampton 56.0% Outstanding improving about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School Southampton 54.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
27 Bevois Town Primary School Southampton hidden gem 53.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 Sholing Junior School Southampton 53.0% Good — mapped
29 Foundry Lane Primary School Southampton 48.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Oakwood Primary School Southampton 48.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 Shirley Junior School Southampton 48.0% Good — approximate
32 Townhill Junior School Southampton 48.0% Good — mapped
33 Bitterne Church of England Primary School Southampton 47.0% Not judged about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
34 Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School Southampton 47.0% Good oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Mount Pleasant Juniors Southampton 47.0% Outstanding improving — mapped
36 St Monica Primary School Southampton 47.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
37 St Denys Primary School Southampton 41.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
38 Valentine Primary School & Nursery Southampton 41.0% Not judged declining about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
39 St John's Primary and Nursery School Southampton 40.0% Not judged declining about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
40 Moorlands Primary School Southampton 38.0% Not judged about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
41 Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School Southampton 25.0% Not judged declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
42 Hightown Primary School Southampton 21.0% Good improving about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
43 Thornhill Primary School Southampton 21.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
44 Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases Southampton 19.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

Also in Southampton

12 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Southampton, not a fairer one.

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