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

Community school·Primary school Southampton·SO16 9HZ
Composite score
61.0
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#3,657
National rank
#531
In South East
#9
In Southampton
Top 25%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
36 first choices, 39 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
71
any preference, for 39 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6820220.9620230.9320240.8520250.922026

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

Every child who put Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
357
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
57.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
29.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,373
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools is a primary school serving Southampton, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 357 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 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 25% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 36 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.7%. There are about 12.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 58% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Mansel 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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