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St Monica Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
St. Monica Road, Sholing, Southampton SO19 8ES · stmonicaprimary.co.uk · 023 8039 9870
On the mapSearch near SO19 8ES
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 47%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Southampton 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 331
- 74% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 33.5%
- First language not English
- 12.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 43 families put the school first and 43 places were offered; 95% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 31 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 33 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Southampton it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼47% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 116106)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Monica Primary School on 4 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 4 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 116106), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jun 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2019Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116106)
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116106)
Oct 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116106)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 69
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (25%) with SEND