Hope Community School Southampton, Southampton

Ofsted's report card from its 10 March 2026 inspection grades Hope Community School Southampton on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils in the school achieve broadly in line with national averages."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "The school has improved attendance for all pupils."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have sequenced the important knowledge across the curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years get off to a flying start."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders use a range of strategies to identify pupils' needs."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders know the school well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school has a well-designed personal development programme."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should embed high-quality teaching across the wider curriculum and ensure that assessment is used consistently well so that pupils achieve highly".

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils at Hope Community School Southampton reached the expected standard in reading and 66% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 71% and 70% in Southampton and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 67% in reading and 56% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 13 families put Hope Community School Southampton as their first choice and 33 named it as one of their preferences, for 13 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Hope Community School Southampton are St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 73% reading, 65% maths); St John's Primary and Nursery School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 50% reading, 58% maths); Mount Pleasant Infants (0.8 miles, Requires improvement); and Mount Pleasant Juniors (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 62% reading, 61% maths).

Hope Community School Southampton's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Hope Community School Southampton is one of 2 schools run by New Generation Schools Trust, an academy trust.

10 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hope Community School Southampton (as of April 2026): 100% would recommend the school, 90% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that their child is happy at the school (90%).

40.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 55.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Mixed (27%), White British (25%) and Black (14%).

In 2026, 23 pupils (10.5%) received SEN support and 12 (5.5%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Southampton Central Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is City College (w-bound), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1249 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Southampton (352), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Hope Community School Southampton issued 15 suspensions, 6.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.