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Weston Park Primary School

Primary · Southampton · SO19 9HX

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

Inspected 14 July 2026 · report published 13 September 2026

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At a glance

497 pupils · 66% of 750 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
60.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.weston-park.org.uk
URN
145068

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 34 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2024; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 14 July 2026, 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 7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

34 places offered · 33 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2024 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2024 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2023 entry)

Criterion not stated
1.787 miles

2023 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2024.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
62%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
1%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school62%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Southampton average57.5%
England62%

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.

SchoolOfstedResult
The Crescent AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 148 miles awayGood72%
Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and NurseryHarlow · 88 miles awayGood38%
Park View Primary SchoolBasingstoke · 27 miles awayExpected standard62%
Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth GrangeBarnsley · 184 miles awayGood66%
Kanes Hill Primary SchoolSouthampton · 2 miles awayGood67%
Button Lane Primary SchoolManchester · 178 miles awayGood49%
Throckley Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 284 miles awayOutstanding87%
King's Farm Primary SchoolGravesend · 83 miles awayGood69%
Tonge Moor Primary AcademyBolton · 191 miles awayGood44%
Moorside Community Primary Academy SchoolSkelmersdale · 192 miles awayGood59%
Wodensfield Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 122 miles awayGood65%
Woodgate Primary SchoolBirmingham · 110 miles awayGood37%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Southampton 52%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (Southampton 12%, England 7%) · Black African 5% (Southampton 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Southampton 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Southampton 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Southampton 5%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Southampton 6%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Southampton 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Southampton 4%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 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)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.28 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Southampton: 3.65 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
19.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 2% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

88.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 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 £52,228; 14.8% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,405
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 83% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £461,000; in-year balance +£355,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70.3%62.3%
Social housing16.1%17.1%
Privately rented13.6%20.5%
Detached houses6.6%22.9%
Flats26.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms4%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017277 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£270,000419 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£214,500–£320,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (54)£360,000
Semi-detached (158)£300,000
Terraced (128)£246,000
Flat (79)£155,000

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
24an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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