Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Southampton·SO16 9LP
Composite score
70.5
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#1,701
National rank
#231
In South East
#6
In Southampton
Top 12%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
92%
60 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.02
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
113
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2320220.9620230.9520240.9520251.022026

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 Holy Family Catholic Primary 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
414
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
37.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,283
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools at a glance

Located in Southampton, Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 414 pupils aged 4 to 11. 78% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 12% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 60 first choices for 59 places. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 15.3 pupils per teacher. Holy Family Catholic Primary 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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