St Monica Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.473 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Monica Primary School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Monica 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 2026 | 1.473 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.473 miles away, the 3rd longest of 14 Southampton primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.85 miles).
- The last distance offered for Reception 2026 was nearer the school than in 2019.
- For Reception 2026, there were 43 first-choice applications for 43 offers; 41 offers went to first-choice families, while 2 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- St. Monica Road, Sholing, Southampton, SO19 8ES
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 331 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “They share joy, enthusiasm and a strong sense of pride about their school.”
- “Pupils know the school’s ‘INSPIRE’ values, such as integrity and excellence, deeply.”
- “Pupils understand how to keep themselves safe, including when online.”
To improve
- “However, in some wider curriculum subjects such as music and geography, the school does not check how well pupils have learned the curriculum.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their understanding and do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “However, reading books for pupils at the earliest stages of learning to read are not always matched closely to the sounds that they have learned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 April 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) | 47% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 41 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.
- Weston Park Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sholing Infant School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sholing Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- Valentine Primary School & Nursery 0.6 mi Not judged
- Ludlow Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Ludlow Infant Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Woolston Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published