Hope Community School Southampton

Hope Community School in Southampton demonstrates a strong performance, meeting safeguarding standards and achieving broadly in line with national averages in key subjects. The school has shown improvement in attendance rates, particularly among disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs. Leaders have emphasized a broad curriculum and prioritized early reading and vocabulary development, resulting in students being well-prepared for transitions between key stages and enjoying their learning experience. The inclusive environment supports diverse learners, ensuring they feel valued and ready to achieve their potential.

Strengths

• Effective safeguarding measures ensure a safe environment for students.
• Pupils achieve in line with national averages for reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Leaders effectively support pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• A well-planned early years curriculum helps children develop rapidly.
• Teachers have secure subject knowledge and provide effective teaching.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils foster a positive learning atmosphere.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching effectiveness across the wider curriculum is still developing.

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 Hope Community School Southampton attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.9% 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, 4.1% of pupils at Hope Community School Southampton 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 Hope Community School Southampton had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.5% 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, 10.5% of pupils at Hope Community School Southampton were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% 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 Hope Community School Southampton received £9,464 and spent £8,855 for each of its 222 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £692,000 (£3,117 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of New Generation Schools Trust, income was £9,392 and spending £8,937 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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Hope Community School Southampton is part of New Generation Schools Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Hope Community School Sidcup

What is Hope Community School Southampton's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hope Community School Southampton is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Hope Community School Southampton last inspected by Ofsted?

Hope Community School Southampton was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Hope Community School Southampton have?

Hope Community School Southampton has 219 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hope Community School Southampton cover?

Hope Community School Southampton for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Hope Community School Southampton's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Hope Community School Southampton?

Hope Community School Southampton is at Central Hall, St Mary Street, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 1NF.