Kanes Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2019
1.167 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2019
2018 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kanes Hill Primary School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2019 entry.
Kanes Hill 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 2019 | 1.167 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2019, the last child offered a place lived 1.167 miles away, the 2nd longest of 5 Southampton primary schools with a published Reception 2019 last distance.
- 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, highest of 8 schools: this one and 7 of the 8 nearest Southampton primary schools that have results.
- Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 55.2%, against a middle figure of 43.3% 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
- Fairfax Court, Hinkler Road, Thornhill, Southampton, SO19 6FW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 373 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Kanes Hill is an inclusive place with a strong family ethos.”
- “Pupils thrive in this caring community.”
- “Staff are united in their determination for all pupils to succeed.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers do not systematically check pupils’ understanding before moving on to new learning.”
- “As a result, pupils do not achieve as well as they could in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 2023 (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) | 67% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 40 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.
- Hightown Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornhill Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harefield Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Valentine Primary School & Nursery 1.2 mi Not judged
- Sholing Junior School 1.4 mi Good
- Moorlands Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged
- Sholing Infant School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bitterne Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published