Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2022
1.946 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 19 April 2022
2017–2019 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2022 entry.
Wordsworth Primary and Nursery 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 2022 | 1.946 mi |
| 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
- 37.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southampton.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2022 lived 1.946 miles away, further than in 2019 and 2018, after a sharp swing from 2019.
- Reception 2026 drew 44 first-choice applications for 44 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 11th highest of 44 Southampton primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 1% 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
- Victor Street, Shirley, Southampton, SO15 5LH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 619 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this inclusive school.”
- “They are welcoming to visitors and enthusiastic to show their achievements.”
- “Pupils have a member of staff to go to if they have any concerns.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion these approaches are not used effectively.”
- “This means that some staff do not identify what pupils have misunderstood.”
- “This means that pupils’ knowledge gaps and misconceptions are not consistently identified and addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 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) | 54% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 44 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.
- Shirley Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shirley Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Foundry Lane Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tanners Brook Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged
- Hollybrook Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist Bases 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hollybrook Infant School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published