St Mark's Church of England School
All-through · Southampton · SO15 5TE
Data updated
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 18 October 2022
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1,129 pupils · 86% of 1,320 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 46.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 42.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 11.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 116342
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 150 families named it first for 113 Year 7 places, 1.33 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 1.366 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 4 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 18 October 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.91 first-choice applications per place43 places offered · 39 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.33 first-choice applications per place113 places offered · 150 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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 0.364 miles for 2024 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry) lived within 0.364 miles
measured by shortest walking route.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.366 miles
measured by shortest walking route.
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Feeder
- 1.673 miles
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Southampton school admissions · the wider Southampton authority
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
GCSE results (2024/2025)
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Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
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
On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 26% (Southampton 53%, England 59%) · Any other White background 21% (Southampton 13%, England 7%) · Black African 12% (Southampton 7%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 9% (Southampton 6%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 7% (Southampton 5%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Southampton 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Southampton 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Southampton 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Southampton 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Southampton 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Southampton 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Southampton 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Southampton 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Southampton 0%, England 1%) · 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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
16.20 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Southampton: 24.88 suspensions and 0.12 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
4.89% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
80.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.4 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 £46,471; 12.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 80% (78%) · premises 6% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (7%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (3%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £1,568,663; in-year balance +£1,069,219
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
- 18 October 2022: Good
- 20 September 2017: Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 38.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 19% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 30.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 20.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 43.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 14.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 41.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 43.3% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 6.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 32% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017192 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £255,000677 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £176,000–£330,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
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
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 12an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 80an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 16an 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