Hope Community School Southampton[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 62% 62% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 62% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 105 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 102 2024/25[2]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	33%[3]	0%[3]	104[3]	102[3]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 10 Mar 2026[4]
Type: S5 Inspection[4]
Report published: 12 May 2026[4]
Inclusion: Expected standard[4]
Achievement: Expected standard[4]
Safeguarding standards: Met[4]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[4]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[4]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[4]
Early years (where applicable): Expected standard[4]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[4]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
15 Feb 2022[5]	S5 Inspection[5]	Good[5]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.5 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference): 33 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences: 13 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered: 13 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[6]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	52[6]	28[6]	28[6]	1.9[6]	1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2024	68[6]	25[6]	26[6]	2.6[6]	1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2023	73[6]	27[6]	29[6]	2.5[6]	0.9[6]
Entry Sept 2022	48[6]	20[6]	20[6]	2.4[6]	1.0[6]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 4–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Christian[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 420[1]
Trust: NEW GENERATION SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority: Southampton[1]
Website: www.hopecommunityschool.org [1]
District: Southampton [7]
Postcode: SO14 1NF[1]
URN: 144751[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 222 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language: 51.8% 2024/25[8]
SEN support: 10.8% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan: 4.5% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 43.2% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 30.6%[9]
Mixed: 27.4%[9]
Asian: 10%[9]
Black: 14.2%[9]
Any other ethnic group: 14.2%[9]
Unclassified: 3.7%[9]

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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. 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.