Kings Copse Primary School

Kings Copse Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a 'Good' grade in its recent inspection. The school has established a nurturing and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and valued. It showcases strong leadership that has effectively addressed previous weaknesses in pupil achievement, particularly in writing and mathematics, leading to improved outcomes. The curriculum is ambitious and thoughtfully designed to support gradual knowledge acquisition, although there are areas needing further refinement in deeper subject understanding. The school is responsive to the needs of its pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, ensuring they receive the necessary support.

Strengths

• Pupils display pride in their inclusive and caring school.
• The school’s core values are embedded into daily life.
• Strong leadership has improved pupil outcomes.
• Broad range of extracurricular opportunities for pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, including those with vision impairment.
• Teachers have secure subject knowledge and present content clearly.
• Calm and purposeful learning environment promoting positive attitudes.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent expectations of pupils' written work.
• Need for refining phonics teaching to ensure correct sound pronunciation.

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 Kings Copse Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.1% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Kings Copse 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 Kings Copse Primary School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.1% 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, 9.6% of pupils at Kings Copse Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 10 pupils.

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 Kings Copse Primary School received £7,493 and spent £7,365 for each of its 230 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £36,000 (-£155 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 Kings Copse Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kings Copse Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Kings Copse Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kings Copse Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Kings Copse Primary School have?

Kings Copse Primary School has 230 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kings Copse Primary School cover?

Kings Copse Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kings Copse Primary School?

Kings Copse Primary School is at Kings Copse Road, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 0PQ.