Freegrounds Infant SchoolBerrywood Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Southampton.

Summary of the comparison

Freegrounds Infant School and Berrywood Primary School are primary schools in Southampton.

  • Freegrounds Infant School scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Berrywood Primary School scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average). Freegrounds Infant School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Freegrounds Infant School was judged Good and Berrywood Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Berrywood Primary School (77.0% in 2022-23, 70.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Freegrounds Infant School versus Berrywood Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SouthamptonFreegrounds Infant SchoolSouthamptonBerrywood Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB72/100Stronger figureC59/100
Local ranking351st of 416 in Hampshire 121st of 416 in Hampshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-7 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll208 627
Capacity270 630
LocationSouthampton, SO30 0GG Southampton, SO30 2TL
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported70.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported9.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported107.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported105.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census208 627
Free school meals (ever 6)12.5% 13.7%
English as an additional language7.2% 8.8%
SEN support11.5% 14.0%
SEN with an EHC plan1.9% 4.3%
Attendance
Overall absence4.2% Stronger figure4.4% 6.2%
Persistent absence8.2% Stronger figure9.1% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Freegrounds Infant School

Berrywood Primary School

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