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Children in Southampton
How children here are doing, from the 2-year check to the end of primary school, set against England as a whole.
Health and early years
At a glance
| Measure | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|
| On track in all five areas at the 2 to 2½ year review 2024/25 lower | 76.7% | 81.4% |
| Good level of development at the end of Reception 2024/25 similar | 68.1% | 68.3% |
| Phonics check met in Year 1 2024/25 similar | 78.4% | 79.8% |
| Reception children living with obesity 2024/25 higher | 11.8% | 10.5% |
| Year 6 children living with obesity 2024/25 higher | 23.8% | 22.2% |
| MMR first dose by age 2 2024/25 higher | 90.8% | 88.9% |
| MMR two doses by age 5 2024/25 higher | 86.7% | 83.7% |
| Babies breastfed at 6 to 8 weeks 2024/25 higher | 57.8% | 55.6% |
| Primary pupils persistently absent 2024/25 higher | 16.0% | 13.0% |
| Children in relative low-income families (under 16) 2024/25 higher | 21.8% | 19.8% |
“Higher” or “lower” means the difference from England is bigger than the margin of error; “similar” means it isn’t. These are figures for all children in the council area, not for any one school or child.
End of primary school
Year 6 reading, writing and maths
| Year | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 64% | 65% |
| 2021/22 | 53% | 59% |
| 2022/23 | 56% | 60% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 61% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 63% |
| 2025/26 | 60% | 63% |
Share of pupils in state-funded schools meeting the expected standard in all three. 2025/26 figures are provisional. There were no tests in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Schools
Primary schools in Southampton
55 schools
- Banister Primary School Southampton
- Bassett Green Primary School Southampton
- Beechwood Junior School Southampton
- Bevois Town Primary School Southampton
- Bitterne Church of England Primary School Southampton
- Bitterne Manor Primary School Southampton
- Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton
- Fairisle Infant and Nursery School Southampton
- Fairisle Junior School Southampton
- Foundry Lane Primary School Southampton
- Freemantle Church of England Community Academy Southampton
- Glenfield Infant School Southampton
- Harefield Primary School Southampton
- Highfield Church of England Primary School Southampton
- Hightown Primary School Southampton
- Hollybrook Infant School Southampton
- Hollybrook Junior School Southampton
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton
- Hope Community School Southampton Southampton
- Kanes Hill Primary School Southampton
- Ludlow Infant Academy Southampton
- Ludlow Junior School Southampton
- Mansbridge Primary School Southampton
- Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton
- Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Sen Unit Southampton
- Moorlands Primary School Southampton
- Mount Pleasant Infants Southampton
- Mount Pleasant Juniors Southampton
- Newlands Primary School Southampton
- Oakwood Primary School Southampton
- Portswood Primary School Southampton
- Redbridge Primary School Southampton
- Shirley Infant School Southampton
- Shirley Junior School Southampton
- Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School Southampton
- Sholing Infant School Southampton
- Sholing Junior School Southampton
- Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Southampton
- Springhill Catholic Primary School Southampton
- St Denys Primary School Southampton
- St John's Primary and Nursery School Southampton
- St Mark's Church of England School Southampton
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery Southampton
- St Monica Primary School Southampton
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Southampton
- Swaythling Primary School Southampton
- Tanners Brook Primary School Southampton
- Thornhill Primary School Southampton
- Townhill Infant School Southampton
- Townhill Junior School Southampton
- Valentine Primary School & Nursery Southampton
- Weston Park Primary School Southampton
- Weston Shore Infant School Southampton
- Woolston Infant School Southampton
- Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School Southampton