Nightingale Primary School, Eastleigh

From the headteacher's welcome: "It gives me great pleasure to introduce myself as the Headteacher of Nightingale Primary and welcome you and your children to what I am sure will be a very busy and exciting term - it always is at NPS!"

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils at Nightingale Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 63% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in Hampshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (67% in reading, 69% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put Nightingale Primary School as their first choice and 79 named it as one of their preferences, for 43 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Nightingale Primary School are Stoneham Park Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good); Cherbourg Primary School (1 mile, Good, 65% reading, 68% maths); Norwood Primary & Pre-School (1.1 miles, Good, 78% reading, 78% maths); and The Crescent Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 76% reading, 70% maths).

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

49% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 50 pupils (13.8%) received SEN support and 28 (7.7%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Southampton Airport Parkway Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Robin Square (opposite), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 130 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Nightingale Primary School issued 15 suspensions, 4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Nightingale Primary School are The Toynbee School (1.1 miles), Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton (1.2 miles) and Crestwood Community School (1.4 miles).