Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School
Primary schoolWordsworth Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Southampton, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 619 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 17 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 54% of pupils at Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Southampton and 62% in England.
1% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Shirley Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade610 m
- Shirley Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Foundry Lane Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), January 2022, before the school changed. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Regents Park Community CollegeSecondary. School remains Good, March 2024660 m
- Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 25% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Southampton Hospital SchoolPupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, December 2022690 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Southampton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).