St Mark's Church of England School[1]
Secondary · All-through · ages 4–16
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 63% 63% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 63% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 12% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 105 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 104 2024/25[2]
- All results, 2021/22
- Not published[3]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
| Year | Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) | Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) | Reading, average scaled score | Maths, average scaled score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 66%[4] | 10%[4] | 104[4] | 105[4] |
| 2022/23 | 65%[5] | 10%[5] | 104[5] | 106[5] |
| 2018/19 | 61%[6] | 10%[6] | 102[6] | 103[6] |
| 2017/18 | 56%[7] | 2%[7] | 103[7] | 103[7] |
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 18 Oct 2022[8]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[8]
- Report published
- 29 Nov 2022[8]
- Personal development
- Good[8]
- Quality of education
- Good[8]
- Overall effectiveness
- Good[8]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good[8]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[8]
- Early years provision (where applicable)
- Good[8]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[8]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 4.2 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- Applications (any preference)
- 473 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- First preferences
- 150 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- Places offered
- 113 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- First preferences per place
- 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[10]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 492[10] | 190[10] | 115[10] | 4.3[10] | 1.7[10] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 423[10] | 153[10] | 114[10] | 3.7[10] | 1.3[10] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 407[10] | 161[10] | 124[10] | 3.3[10] | 1.3[10] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 247[10] | 105[10] | 174[10] | 1.4[10] | 0.6[10] |
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 2.6 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- Applications (any preference)
- 113 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- First preferences
- 39 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- Places offered
- 43 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[10]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 177[10] | 76[10] | 59[10] | 3.0[10] | 1.3[10] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 185[10] | 63[10] | 58[10] | 3.2[10] | 1.1[10] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 169[10] | 69[10] | 59[10] | 2.9[10] | 1.2[10] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 153[10] | 49[10] | 59[10] | 2.6[10] | 0.8[10] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school[1]
- Ages
- 4–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Faith
- Church of England[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1320[1]
- Local authority
- Southampton[1]
- Website
- https://www.stmarksschool.co.uk/[1]
- District
- Southampton[11]
- Postcode
- SO15 5TE[1]
- URN
- 116342[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 969 2024/25[12]
- English as an additional language
- 42.6% 2024/25[12]
- SEN support
- 11.4% 2024/25[12]
- EHC plan
- 3.4% 2024/25[12]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 46.7% 2024/25[12]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 46.6%[13]
- Mixed
- 8.7%[13]
- Asian
- 24.8%[13]
- Black
- 13.2%[13]
- Any other ethnic group
- 6.4%[13]
- Unclassified
- 0.4%[13]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.