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Bevois Town Primary School

Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving) · February 2024State primary · 4 to 11Mixed410 pupils
Cedar Road, Southampton, SO14 6RU
COULD YOUR CHILD GET A PLACE? · RECEPTION 2027

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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. England: the same figure across England. Band: Lower half.
28thof 45 in Southampton
11,190thof 14,817 in England
Lower halfband
Inspection
School remains Good (Improving), February 2024
Getting in
Last offer 0.97 mi (2024)
Results
53% expected standard; 14% higher standard
Size
410 pupils; 33 places a year; classes of 30
Run by
Southampton council
Type
Foundation school
Ages
4 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Higher standard: 14%, against 7% in Southampton.
  • Sessions missed: 4.6%, against 5.8% in Southampton.
  • Expected standard: 53%, against 57% in Southampton.
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At a glance

Against Southampton and England
This schoolSouthamptonEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
53%
Worse than Southampton
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
14%
Better than Southampton
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
4.6%
Better than Southampton
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
11.6%
Better than Southampton
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
0.0
Better than Southampton
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
29.6
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
42%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
18.7
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
Less sought after than Southampton
Southampton and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Guide: what these measures mean →

Overview

Getting in

  • 31 families put it first for 33 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • School remains Good (Improving) Ofsted · inspected 28 February 2024
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 53% (England 62%) (county 57%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 14% (England 8%) (county 7%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 4.6% of sessions missed; 12% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 0 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 29.6 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 18.7 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 49 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 103 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 23 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 13.0 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.6 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Foundation school is run by its local council (Southampton), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. How places are offered →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
1.5 mi0.750
20232024

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception202460—60—0.97
Reception202360—60—1.3

Source: Council offer-day figures: Southampton City Council, 2023 to 2024. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202633317431
Reception2025514710247
Reception2024605813156
Reception202356549551
Reception202238357935
Reception2021595010450
Reception202033286428
Reception2019564610446
Reception201852479347
Reception201760388738

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Feeder school rules

Priority at secondary schools

Quoted word for word from the arrangements the school or council published. Check the quote against the school's own current admission policy before you rely on it: rules change each year.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard53%62%57%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard14%8%7%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableBandEnglandCouncil
Primary (key stage 2)Lower half11,190 of 14,81728 of 45

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
28 February 2024Ungraded visitSchool remains Good (Improving)

Source: Ofsted, 2024.

Southampton league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/254.6%3.2%1.4%12%0.0%
2023/244.6%3.0%1.7%7.9%1.3%
2022/235.5%3.4%2.1%14%0.5%
Schools with a similar intake6.3%19%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/250.00.0%00
2023/240.20.2%10
2022/230.00.0%00
Schools with a similar intake2.2

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size29.62025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher18.7November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus49

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
202519
202427
202311
202232
202114

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 23 serious and 0 fatal in all; 19 involved a pedestrian, 30 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO213.02024
PM1010.22024
PM256.62024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals42%2025/26
First language other than English78%2025/26
SEN support22%2025/26
Education, health and care plan5.6%2025/26
Girls51%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Foundation school is run by its local council (Southampton), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Southampton City Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Southampton and the Southampton league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. All sources.