Bassett Green Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
2.953 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2024
2023 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bassett Green Primary School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2024 entry.
Bassett Green 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 | 2.953 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2024, the last child offered a place lived 2.953 miles away, the 2nd longest of 8 Southampton primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 48 first-choice applications for 48 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 18.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southampton.
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
- Honeysuckle Road, Bassett, Southampton, SO16 3BZ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 412 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their diverse school community.”
- “They are kind and considerate to each other.”
- “Pupils feel safe and well-cared-for by staff, knowing that they are supported to resolve any minor friendship disputes.”
To improve
- “However, the school's work to support the attendance of some groups of pupils has not led to sustained improvement.”
- “However, there is some variability in how well children's language and communication needs are identified and supported.”
- “This means that children do not always hear and use high-quality vocabulary and grammar in conversation.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 2026 (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) | 58% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 48 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 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Portswood Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Highfield Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mansbridge Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Denys Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hollybrook Infant School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hollybrook Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good