Kings Copse Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.35 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kings Copse Primary School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Kings Copse Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.35 miles from the school, the 2nd shortest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2021, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years.
- Reception 2026 had 37 first-choice applications for 28 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Kings Copse Road, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 0PQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their inclusive and caring school.”
- “The school’s values of respect, independence, resilience, collaboration, motivation and curiosity are embedded into daily life.”
- “Pupils respect the school’s clear rules and routines, which helps them to feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not develop as deep an understanding as they could in some other curriculum subjects.”
- “However, at times, staff do not have consistently high expectations of pupils’ written work.”
- “As a result, their work in some subjects lacks pride and is not reflective of their high level of understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 59% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 37 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Freegrounds Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Freegrounds Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Shamblehurst Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Berrywood Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Botley Church of England Controlled Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bursledon Junior School(CA) 1.5 mi Good
- Bursledon Church of England Infant School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wellstead Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published