Primary
Oakwood Primary School
Sandpiper Road, Southampton, SO16 8FD
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 419 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Trust
- Bridge Education Trust
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 31.9
- Pupils per adult
- 13.1
- Pupils
- 418
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)November 2016
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
48%
12 points below the Southampton average (60% across 78 schools)
103.0
1.8 below the Southampton average (104.8 across 78 schools)
69th of 78 by our score, among the primary schools in Southampton we can score - 111 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 48% |
| Working at a higher standard | 3% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 63% |
| 23/24 | 55% |
| 24/25 | 48% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Sandpiper Road, Southampton, SO16 8FD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Southampton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Maria Whitmarsh
- Address
- Sandpiper Road, Southampton, SO16 8FD
- Telephone
- 02380742345
Other primary schools nearby
- Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools7.5/10
- Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School6.1/10
- Fairisle Infant and Nursery SchoolNot enough data
- Fairisle Junior School6.9/10
- Hollybrook Infant SchoolNot enough data
- Hollybrook Junior School6.5/10