Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.707 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools is a primary school in Southampton for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 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 | 2.707 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.707 miles away, the longest of 14 Southampton primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.85 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024 and in 2017, and was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 88 first-choice applications for 89 offers: 84 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 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
- Manor Farm Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton, SO18 1NX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 725 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Bitterne Park Primary School.”
- “They enjoy learning and achieve highly because of the very ambitious curriculum which is expertly taught.”
- “Staff form strong relationships with pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2025 (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) | 69% | 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: 88 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 84 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.
- St Denys Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Portswood Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Swaythling Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mansbridge Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Townhill Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- Townhill Infant School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bassett Green Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published