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Berrywood Primary School

Primary · Southampton · SO30 2TL

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 18 November 2025 · report published 28 January 2026

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At a glance

631 pupils · 100% of 630 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.berrywood-pri.hants.sch.uk
URN
116249

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 102 families named it first for 90 Reception places, 1.13 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.76 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 18 November 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.13 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 102 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.76 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.76 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

98 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Burhill Primary SchoolHersham · 49 miles awayGood58%
Gilmour Primary SchoolLiverpool · 182 miles awayExpected standard74%
Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery SchoolSurbiton · 55 miles awayExpected standard73%
St Luke's Primary SchoolBrighton · 52 miles awayGood60%
Hinckley Parks Primary SchoolHinckley · 112 miles awayStrong standard74%
Maidenbower Junior SchoolCrawley · 51 miles awayGood63%
Moulsham Junior SchoolChelmsford · 94 miles awayGood67%
Dunalley Primary SchoolCheltenham · 76 miles awayGood70%
Oak Lodge Primary SchoolWest Wickham · 63 miles awayGood (2019)73%
Hillcroft Primary School & NurseryCaterham · 58 miles awayOutstanding62%
Mayplace Primary SchoolBarnehurst · 73 miles awayGood66%
West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) SchoolWorthing · 39 miles awayGood (2016)65%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 78% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.80 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 2.99 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

72.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,825; 9.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,309
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £283,348; in-year balance -£7,208

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health60.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.9%62.3%
Social housing4.6%17.1%
Privately rented19.6%20.5%
Detached houses52.8%22.9%
Flats7.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms43.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022694 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£320,000327 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£230,000–£390,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (86)£471,000
Semi-detached (66)£348,000
Terraced (116)£275,000
Flat (59)£195,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.22 km, 2026 entry): 523 sales, median £335,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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