Oakwood Primary School, Southampton

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Oakwood Primary School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders make pupils' attendance and punctuality a high priority."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders place inclusion at the centre of the school's work."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils typically achieve well as they move through the school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have put in place a broad and well-ordered curriculum."

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

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are dedicated and ambitious, with a clear focus on pupils' wellbeing and attendance."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's values of pride, excellence, empathy and teamwork are central to daily life."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers and classroom staff identify and address pupils' misconceptions to help them achieve well across all areas of the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils who need to develop their foundational skills, including legible handwriting, are supported consistently and effectively to do so".

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Oakwood Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 68% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 71% and 70% in Southampton and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 73% in reading and 77% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 49 families put Oakwood Primary School as their first choice and 85 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 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 Oakwood Primary School are Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools (0.4 miles, Good, 84% reading, 94% maths); Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 76% reading, 71% maths); Fairisle Junior School (0.9 miles, Good, 80% reading, 86% maths); and Fairisle Infant and Nursery School (0.9 miles, Good).

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

Oakwood Primary School is one of 6 schools run by Bridge Education Trust, an academy trust.

In 2026, 54 pupils (12.9%) received SEN support and 11 (2.6%) 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 Redbridge (Hants) Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woburn Road (se-bound), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Oakwood Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 213 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, Oakwood Primary School issued 11 suspensions, 2.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Oakwood Primary School are Oasis Academy Lord's Hill (1.1 miles) and Upper Shirley High School (1.2 miles).