Fairisle Junior School
Primary · Southampton · SO16 8BY
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 5 May 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
375 pupils · 96% of 390 capacity
- School type
- Foundation school
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 44.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 23.7% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.6% of pupils
- Website
- www.fjslive.net
- URN
- 116253
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
87 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 14% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 4 May 2023: School remains Good
- 27 February 2018: Good
- 20 January 2017: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 11 November 2015: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Fairisle Infant and Nursery School
- The Cedar School
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill
- Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School
- Compass School
- Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
- Nursling Church of England Primary School
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools