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Durley Church of England Controlled Primary School

Primary · Southampton · SO32 2AR

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Outstanding (2019)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Outstanding in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. Treat an Outstanding of this age with care: Outstanding schools were exempt from routine re-inspection until 2020, so these grades are among the oldest on record.

Inspected 8 May 2019

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At a glance

139 pupils · 124% of 112 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
9.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
URN
116283

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.28 miles; distance decided places in 7 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Outstanding, from 2019. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 1.28 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.28 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
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
Durweston Church of England Primary SchoolBlandford Forum · 41 miles awayStrong standard80%
St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolRAYLEIGH · 93 miles awayGood32%
Banwell Primary SchoolBanwell · 74 miles awayNeeds attention59%
Dunbury Church of England AcademyWinterborne Whitechurch · 43 miles awayGood45%
Rushwick CofE Primary SchoolWorcester · 95 miles awayNeeds attention68%
Woolsery Primary SchoolBideford · 135 miles awayGood38%
Escomb Primary SchoolBishop Auckland · 257 miles awayExpected standard57%
Toynton All Saints Primary SchoolSpilsby · 163 miles awayRequires improvement54%
Preston Primary SchoolCanterbury · 111 miles awayOutstanding63%
St Wilfrids Catholic Primary SchoolLittlehampton · 35 miles awayExpected standard65%
Adlington Primary SchoolChorley · 193 miles awayGood71%
Moretonhampstead Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 111 miles awayGood41%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 0%)

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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
21.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

51% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 36% 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)

36.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 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 £50,146; 22.2% 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£7,520
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £32,275; in-year balance -£29,832

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80%62.3%
Social housing8.9%17.1%
Privately rented10.8%20.5%
Detached houses56.2%22.9%
Flats5.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms43.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023245 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£415,000401 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£350,000–£525,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (234)£500,000
Semi-detached (118)£368,000
Terraced (43)£288,000
Flat (6)£158,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.06 km, 2026 entry): 425 sales, median £416,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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