Springhill Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Southampton·SO15 2HW
Composite score
86.2
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National rank
#54
In South East
#1
In Southampton
Top 3%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
95%
% achieving higher RWM
21%
Reading average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
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
68%
126 first choices, 87 places
First choices per place
1.45
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
204
any preference, for 87 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.52
1 per place
1.0720221.2520231.2920241.4320251.452026

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 Springhill Catholic Primary School. 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
653
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
43.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,997
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Springhill Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Southampton, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 653 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Springhill Catholic Primary School 'Outstanding'. 95% 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 12.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 3% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 112 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 21% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Springhill Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 126 first choices for 87 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.4%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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