Swaythling Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C66
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Southampton, SO17 3SZ
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Portswood Primary School
Somerset Road, Southampton, SO17 3AA
Local ranking2nd of 54 primary schools in Southampton
Ofsted: Strong
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 16 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 87.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 17.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 111.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 112.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 114.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 433
- Boys
- 210 (50%)
- Girls
- 206 (50%)
- Capacity
- 420 (99% full)
- SEND
- 21.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.3%
- EAL
- 63.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 18.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,108/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 17.8%
- White British: 17.6%
- Asian Other: 13.2%
- White Other: 10.4%
- Asian Indian: 7.2%
- Asian Chinese: 6.3%
- Other: 6.3%
- Black African: 6.0%
17.8%
Asian Pakistani
17.6%
White British
13.2%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Somerset Road
Southampton, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 138626
- UKPRN
- 10038592
- Establishment No.
- 2421
- Trust
- HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD
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