Freemantle Church of England Community Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2023
Every applicant was offered a place
From Southampton City Council · offers on 17 April 2023
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Freemantle Church of England Community Academy is a primary school in Southampton for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 entry.
Freemantle Church of England Community Academy 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 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant in 2023 was offered a place, as at 2 of the 7 other Southampton primary schools with a published Reception 2023 outcome.
- In 2026, Reception had 26 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, 4th highest of 8 Southampton primary schools: this one and 7 of the 8 nearest that have results.
- The school has 17.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.2 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
- Mansion Road, Freemantle, Southampton, SO15 3BQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 429 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “The Freemantle school values of creativity, fellowship and courage are reflected in the daily actions of pupils and staff.”
- “Pupils celebrate each other’s uniqueness as individuals.”
- “They welcome with open arms a community of over 57 different languages and enjoy learning from the rich knowledge this brings.”
To improve
- “However, although the curriculum intention is ambitious, some pupils’ work in a couple of subjects does not reflect these high aims.”
- “Some disadvantaged pupils do not currently achieve as highly as other pupils.”
- “Attendance is too low for some pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 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) | 57% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 26 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.
- Springhill Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Foundry Lane Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Banister Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tanners Brook Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged
- Shirley Infant School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shirley Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Bevois Town Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published