St John's Primary and Nursery SchoolHope Community School Southampton

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

Summary of the comparison

St John's Primary and Nursery School and Hope Community School Southampton are primary schools in Southampton.

St John's Primary and Nursery School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Hope Community School Southampton scores 56 out of 100 (grade C, average). St John's Primary and Nursery School is ahead on our composite score.
St John's Primary and Nursery School was judged the expected standard and Hope Community School Southampton was judged the expected standard.
On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 40.0% for St John's Primary and Nursery School and 62.0% for Hope Community School Southampton.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St John's Primary and Nursery School (53.0% in 2022-23, 40.0% in 2024-25).

St John's Primary and Nursery School versus Hope Community School Southampton compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	SouthamptonSt John's Primary and Nursery School	SouthamptonHope Community School Southampton	England average
Overview
Our score	C62/100Stronger figure	C56/100
Local ranking	16th of 54 in Southampton Stronger figure	39th of 54 in Southampton
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Expected
School type	Foundation school	Free schools
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-11	4-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	418	219
Capacity	465	420
Location	Southampton, SO14 2AU	Southampton, SO14 1NF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	40.0%	62.0% Stronger figure	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	0.0%	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	101.0	105.0 Stronger figure	106.0
Maths average scaled score	100.0	102.0 Stronger figure	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	442	222
Free school meals (ever 6)	38.6%	43.2%
English as an additional language	49.8%	51.8%
SEN support	11.1%	10.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.9%	4.5%
Attendance
Overall absence	7.4%	5.6% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	26.3%	19.9% Stronger figure	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.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

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.