Freemantle Church of England Community Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Southampton·SO15 3BQ
Composite score
39.4
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#11,110
National rank
#1655
In South East
#28
In Southampton
Top 75%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
63
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8720220.6020230.8920240.8620250.932026

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

Every child who put Freemantle Church of England Community Academy 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
449
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
64.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,260
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Freemantle Church of England Community Academy at a glance

Located in Southampton, Freemantle Church of England Community Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 449 pupils aged 3 to 11. 57% 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%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 10.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% 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 Freemantle Church of England Community Academy their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 18.5 pupils per teacher. Freemantle Church of England Community Academy 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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