St Monica Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Southampton·SO19 8ES
Composite score
38.7
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National rank
#1689
In South East
#29
In Southampton
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
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
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
43 first choices, 43 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
83
any preference, for 43 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
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1 per place
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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 St Monica 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
358
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,369
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Monica Primary School

St Monica Primary School is a primary school in Southampton, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 358 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 95% of the families who made St Monica Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. St Monica 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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