Hythe Primary School

Hythe Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all key areas. The school fosters a caring and inclusive environment, ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), feel welcomed and valued. The leadership team has worked diligently to raise aspirations and develop a broad curriculum that promotes a love of learning and personal development among students. The effective behaviour management strategies and opportunities for leadership and responsibility contribute positively to the pupils' school experience. Despite the overall positive performance, there are notable areas for improvement, particularly in the consistency of phonics teaching and the organisation of the curriculum in certain subjects. While many pupils articulate their learning effectively, some gaps in knowledge need to be addressed to ensure fluency in reading and a coherent progression throughout the curriculum. The school's previous inspection identified areas for improvement, and this current assessment reflects a positive shift in quality while highlighting the need for continued development in specific curriculum planning.

Strengths

• Inclusive and supportive environment for all pupils
• Well-structured behaviour management that fosters kindness and courtesy
• Strong leadership with high aspirations for all students
• Effective use of the library to promote a love of reading
• Staff well-supported, enabling a conducive learning environment
• Strong identification and support for pupils with SEND
• Effective initiatives to promote personal development and well-being

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent phonics teaching in key stage 1
• Curriculum lacks clear organization and identification of knowledge for some subjects

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hythe Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Hythe Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hythe Primary School had 18.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.1% of pupils at Hythe Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Hythe Primary School received £7,121 and spent £7,056 for each of its 238 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £92,000 (£386 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Hythe Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hythe Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Hythe Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hythe Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Hythe Primary School have?

Hythe Primary School has 238 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hythe Primary School cover?

Hythe Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Hythe Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hythe Primary School?

Hythe Primary School is at School Road, Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 6BL.