Freegrounds Junior School

Community school·Primary school Southampton, Hampshire·SO30 0GG
Composite score
49.0
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#7,662
National rank
#1141
In South East
#157
In Hampshire
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Last place offered lived
2.10 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 3380 m

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
333
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,598
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Freegrounds Junior School

Freegrounds Junior School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 333 pupils aged 7 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 2.10 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 3.4%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. Freegrounds Junior School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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