Southwark Primary School

Southwark Primary School continues to be a good school, demonstrating a strong commitment to inclusive education and high expectations for pupil behavior. The caring environment ensures that pupils feel safe and supported while engaging in a well-structured curriculum. While many pupils enjoy school and participate in a variety of extracurricular activities, there are some areas where curriculum planning could be improved to enhance learning outcomes. Overall, the school shows resilience and effectiveness in addressing the academic needs of its students, particularly in mathematics and reading, and is responsive to the support needs of pupils with SEND.

Strengths

• Inclusive and caring school environment.
• Well-planned curriculum in key subjects like mathematics and English.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• Positive attitudes towards learning among most pupils.
• Effective safeguarding practices.
• Variety of extracurricular activities available for pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• In some foundation subjects, curriculum plans do not clearly identify key content.
• Lesson activities in few subjects may not effectively support pupils' learning of important knowledge.

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 Southwark Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.8% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Southwark 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 Southwark Primary School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.7% 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, 19.4% of pupils at Southwark Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 2024–25 Southwark Primary School received £7,450 and spent £7,485 for each of its 629 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £126,000 (£200 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of One Academy Trust, income was £7,036 and spending £7,198 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Nottingham · Nottingham local authority: places and applications

Southwark Primary School is part of One Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Arnbrook Primary School Nottingham
• Dovedale Primary School Nottingham
• Sawley Infant and Nursery School Nottingham
• Sawley Junior School Nottingham
• Abbey Primary School Mansfield
• Shardlow Primary School Derby
• Derwent Primary School Derby

What is Southwark Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Southwark Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Southwark Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Southwark Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Southwark Primary School have?

Southwark Primary School has 624 pupils on roll.

What age range does Southwark Primary School cover?

Southwark Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Southwark Primary School?

Southwark Primary School is at Park Lane, Old Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 0DT.