St Denys Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.938 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2024 trend 🔒
St Denys Primary School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 24 April 2025. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
St Denys 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 | 0.938 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered, 0.938 miles, was the 5th longest of 14 Southampton primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.85 miles).
- That 2026 distance was further than in 2024 and in 2017, and Reception distances have swung sharply, most of all from 2018 to 2019.
- Reception 2026 saw 30 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 17% 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
- Dundee Road, St Denys, Southampton, SO17 2ND
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 24 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are immensely proud of their school.”
- “They arrive at the start of the day brimming with enthusiasm and excitement.”
- “Everyone is welcome at this school.”
To improve
- “However, there are occasions when activities and tasks do not contribute well enough to pupils’ learning.”
- “This means they do not learn as much as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 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) | 41% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 29 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 Southampton.
- Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Portswood Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bevois Town Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Mount Pleasant Juniors 0.8 mi Outstanding
- Swaythling Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Highfield Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Mount Pleasant Infants 0.9 mi Not judged