Southampton schools and admissions data

Southampton City Council has 65 primary schools and 25 secondary schools. 7% of Southampton's schools are private schools. 11 state schools in Southampton follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 65 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Southampton

  1. Outstanding 11
  2. Good 52
  3. Requires Improvement 9
  4. Inadequate 2

Most popular state schools
in Southampton in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Redbridge Primary School

    Foundation school • Millbrook, Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Highfield Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Highfield, Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Bitterne Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Bitterne, Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Weston Shore Infant School

    Academy sponsor led • Weston, Southampton

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  5. 5

    Bitterne Manor Primary School

    Foundation school • Bitterne Manor, Southampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Portswood Primary School

    Academy converter • Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Springhill Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Southampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Hope Community School Southampton

    Free schools • Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Ludlow Infant Academy

    Academy converter • Woolston, Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Bitterne Park Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools

    Community school • Bitterne Park, Southampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    St Denys Primary School

    Foundation school • St Denys, Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Harefield Primary School

    Academy converter • Southampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  14. 14

    Sholing Infant School

    Academy converter • Sholing, Southampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  15. 15

    Swaythling Primary School

    Foundation school • Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Banister Primary School

    Foundation school • Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Oakwood Primary School

    Foundation school • Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School

    Foundation school • Southampton

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  19. 19

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

    Community school • Lordshill, Southampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  20. 20

    Woolston Infant School

    Academy converter • Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton

    Voluntary aided school • Swaythling, Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Upper Shirley High School

    Academy converter • Upper Shirley, Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Bitterne Park School

    Foundation school • Bitterne Park, Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    St Anne's Catholic School

    Academy converter • Southampton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Cantell School

    Foundation school • Bassett, Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Oasis Academy Mayfield

    Academy sponsor led • Southampton

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  7. 7

    Redbridge Community School

    Foundation school • Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Oasis Academy Sholing

    Academy sponsor led • Sholing, Southampton

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  9. 9

    Regents Park Community College

    Foundation school • Southampton

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Oasis Academy Lord's Hill

    Academy sponsor led • Southampton

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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