Hope Community School Southampton
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2023
0.418 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 17 April 2023
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Hope Community School Southampton is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–11 (free schools). Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 entry.
Hope Community School Southampton 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 | 0.418 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2023 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.418 miles away, 2nd shortest of the 4 Southampton primary schools with a published Reception 2023 last distance.
- Reception 2026 brought 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Central Hall, St Mary Street, Southampton, SO14 1NF
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Hope Community School.”
- “They arrive ready to learn and enjoy seeing and speaking to their teachers.”
- “Pupils are confident that staff will make things better for them.”
To improve
- “However, this is at its earlier stages in the wider curriculum.”
- “This means that some pupils do not learn as well as they could across all subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 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) | 62% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St John's Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mount Pleasant Infants 0.8 mi Not judged
- Mount Pleasant Juniors 0.9 mi Outstanding
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Woolston Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ludlow Infant Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springhill Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published