Knightwood Primary School

Community school·Primary school Eastleigh, Hampshire·SO53 4HW
Composite score
48.1
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National rank
#1183
In South East
#166
In Hampshire
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

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
106
any preference, for 39 places
Last place offered lived
1.88 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 3026 m
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.24
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9720230.9620241.1620250.922026

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

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. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
405
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
4.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
24.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,795
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

About Knightwood Primary School

Knightwood Primary School is a primary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 405 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 65% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on 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 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Knightwood Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 39 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.88 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 21.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 5% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Knightwood Primary 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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