Weston Park Primary School

Weston Park Primary School is a large, inclusive primary in the Weston Schools Federation and Hamwic Education Trust, serving a disadvantaged community with a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals. Safeguarding standards are met. Inspectors found the school performing strongly in curriculum and teaching, early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing. Teaching is highly consistent and well matched to pupils' needs, the curriculum is ambitious and carefully mapped, and pupils with SEND are supported effectively alongside their peers. Pupils behave exceptionally well and benefit from a strong personal development offer. Achievement and attendance/behaviour are judged at the expected standard. Outcomes are improving: by 2025, end-of-KS2 attainment was in line with national averages at the expected level across subjects, and disadvantaged pupils are achieving well with narrowing gaps. However, the latest three-year averages for combined reading, writing and maths and for reading alone remain below national averages, and leaders are asked to sustain teaching quality so more pupils reach higher standards. Attendance is also a priority: although improving and persistent absence is reducing, attendance remains below national averages and persistent absence remains well above national figures. The school's inclusive vision extends to a satellite SEND provision, and staff, parents and trust leaders speak positively about its work. Overall, this is a strong and improving school with no widespread concerns, but attendance and higher attainment remain the key areas for continued focus.

Strengths

• Highly consistent, effective teaching across the school, including in phonics, handwriting and mathematics.
• An ambitious, well-mapped curriculum that develops substantive and disciplinary knowledge.
• Strong early years provision with secure relationships, high-quality interactions and a focus on communication.
• A highly inclusive culture with rigorous identification and effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Strategic use of pupil premium funding to remove barriers and enrich disadvantaged pupils' experiences.
• Strong, outward-facing leadership and governance with well-judged trust support and challenge.
• A tailored personal development programme that prepares pupils well for safety, wellbeing and citizenship.
• Exemplary pupil behaviour, calm transitions and a positive, respectful school atmosphere.
• Pupils develop secure oracy skills and engage confidently in classroom discussion.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture in which concerns are actively identified and managed.

Areas for Improvement

• Attendance remains below national averages, and persistent absence is well above national figures, although both are improving.
• Achievement is at the expected standard rather than strong, with a need for more pupils to attain higher standards in national tests.
• Latest three-year average outcomes for combined reading, writing and mathematics remain below national averages.
• Latest three-year average reading attainment remains below national averages.
• Leaders must sustain the consistently high quality of teaching so that pupils achieve increasingly well.

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 Weston Park Primary School attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 28.0% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Weston Park 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 Weston Park Primary School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.8% 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, 14.3% of pupils at Weston Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.8% 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 Weston Park Primary School received £7,126 and spent £6,731 for each of its 518 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £492,000 (£949 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Hamwic Education Trust, income was £7,058 and spending £7,015 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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Weston Park Primary School is part of Hamwic Education Trust, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Weston Secondary School Southampton
• Weston Shore Infant School Southampton
• Woolston Infant School Southampton
• Ludlow Infant Academy Southampton
• Sholing Infant School Southampton
• Sholing Junior School Southampton
• Thornhill Primary School Southampton
• Glenfield Infant School Southampton
• Beechwood Junior School Southampton
• Harefield Primary School Southampton

What is Weston Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Weston Park Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Weston Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Weston Park Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Weston Park Primary School have?

Weston Park Primary School has 497 pupils on roll.

What age range does Weston Park Primary School cover?

Weston Park Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

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

Where is Weston Park Primary School?

Weston Park Primary School is at Newtown Road, Weston, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19 9HX.