Nursling Church of England Primary School
Primary · Southampton · SO16 0XH
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 8 October 2019
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
195 pupils · 93% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 21% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 7.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 8.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1% of pupils
- Website
- www.nurslingprimary.co.uk
- URN
- 116303
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.83 first-choice applications per place24 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
27 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)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
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
- 11 March 2025: Standards maintained
- 8 October 2019: Good
- 7 June 2018: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 10 May 2017: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- The Cedar School
- Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School
- Fairisle Infant and Nursery School
- Fairisle Junior School
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill
- Compass School
- Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools