Bevois Town Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
0.971 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2024
2018–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bevois Town Primary School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 28 February 2024. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2024 entry.
Bevois Town 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 2024 | 0.971 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024 the Reception last distance offered was 0.971 miles, 2nd shortest of 8 Southampton primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.76 miles.
- That 2024 Reception distance was nearer than in 2023 and 2018, and the 2024 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 31 first-choice applications for 33 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cedar Road, Southampton, SO14 6RU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 28 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are truly encouraged to ‘smile, sparkle and shine’ at this school.”
- “They have every opportunity to do their very best.”
- “The school’s high ambition for all pupils to learn detailed knowledge and skills is evident from the very moment they join the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 53% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 31 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 Southampton.
- Mount Pleasant Juniors 0.3 mi Outstanding
- Mount Pleasant Infants 0.4 mi Not judged
- Banister Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Denys Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Springhill Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Highfield Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published