Highfield Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.628 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Highfield Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 July 2022. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Highfield Church of England 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 | 0.628 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.628 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 14 Southampton primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.85 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 58 first-choice applications for 43 offers, with 42 offers going to first-choice families and 16 first-choice families not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 31% 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
- Hawthorn Road, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1PX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 315 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 July 2022
Strengths
- “At the very heart of Highfield Church of England Primary School are the values of love, serve and trust.”
- “These values are instilled in children from the very start of their school journey in Reception.”
- “Threaded through every part of the school is the Christian ethos.”
To improve
- “Some subjects are taught more consistently than others.”
- “This is because teachers’ subject knowledge in a small number of subjects is not as well developed, and teachers are not as confident about the best approaches to use to teach these subjects.”
- “Importantly, leaders recognise the need for a more targeted approach to staff professional development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 September 2022 (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) | 78% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 42 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.
- Swaythling Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Portswood Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bassett Green Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Denys Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hollybrook Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Hollybrook Infant School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bevois Town Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published