Hightown Primary School, Southampton

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils at Hightown Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 21% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 71% and 70% in Southampton and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 48% in reading and 33% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 30 families put Hightown Primary School as their first choice and 45 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 4 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Hightown Primary School are Kanes Hill Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 84% reading, 77% maths); Valentine Primary School & Nursery (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 56% reading, 48% maths); Thornhill Primary School (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 44% reading, 41% maths); and St Monica Primary School (1.3 miles, 66% reading, 56% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Hightown Primary School.

Hightown Primary School is one of 6 schools run by Inspire Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

66.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 36 pupils (15.7%) received SEN support and 7 (3.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Sholing Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Meredith Towers (s-bound), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Hightown Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 198 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Southampton (352).

In 2024/25, Hightown Primary School issued 13 suspensions, 5.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Hightown Primary School are Oasis Academy Mayfield (1.1 miles), Woodlands Community College (1.1 miles), Wildern School (1.6 miles) and Weston Secondary School (1.7 miles).