Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
Sinclair Road, Lordshill, Southampton, SO16 8GF
Headteacher: Executive Head Gerida Montague & Co Headteacher Sarah HendricksSchool website ↗Pupils: 234 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted Good
Inspected July 2024
Oversubscribed
85% of first-choice applicants offered a place
81%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected July 2024
85%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed
Latest data: 2024/25
Ofsted RatingInspected 2 July 2024Full report ↗
Good
From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.
Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Outstanding
SATs Results (2024/25)
End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.
Reading, Writing & Maths combinedⓘReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
81.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)ⓘHigher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
19.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 84%·Writing 90%·Maths 94%→All three 81%
Reading
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Writing
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Maths
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75%
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Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average
How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)
This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
- How many places were offered?
- 30
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 34
- How many got their first choice?
- 29of 34 (85.3%)
- How many applied in total?
- 84
Pupils & Inclusion
Eligible for pupil premium
39.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageⓘEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
16.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportⓘSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
16.0%
Boys and girls
53%girls·47%boys
123 girls, 111 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
→ Peaked at 89% (2017/18), currently 81%
* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.
Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.
View raw year-by-year data
| Year | Reading, Writing & Maths (expected %) | Exceeding expected (%) | Reading Progress | Writing Progress | Maths Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 77.0% | 3.0% | +3.3 | +1.5 | -0.6 |
| 2016/17 | 77.0% | 4.0% | -1.9 | +1.1 | +0.4 |
| 2017/18 | 89.0% | 18.0% | +2.3 | +0.8 | +4.6 |
| 2018/19 | 89.0% | 19.0% | +5.2 | +0.7 | +3.4 |
| 2022/23 | 77.0% | 17.0% | +0.7 | +1.5 | +0.1 |
| 2023/24 | 80.0% | 20.0% | - | - | - |
| 2024/25 | 81.0% | 19.0% | - | - | - |