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

Community school·Primary school Southampton·SO18 1NX
Composite score
61.2
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#3,592
National rank
#520
In South East
#8
In Southampton
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
88 first choices, 89 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
182
any preference, for 89 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2420221.2620231.0420240.9320250.992026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Southampton does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
627
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,803
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

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

Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools is a primary school in Southampton, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 627 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 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 in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 96% of the families who made Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 23.1 pupils per teacher. Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 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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