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Mount Pleasant Junior School

Primary

Southampton · Southampton · SO14 0WZ https://mpj.school/

Pupils
334
cap. 360
Ages
7 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school

The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2024/25.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspection

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Latest inspection
20 Jun 2023
Outstanding

Inspection outcome

Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

Other Ofsted reports

9 reports
5 May 2021
Monitoring visit
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10 Feb 2021
Monitoring visit
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18 Sep 2019
School inspectionRequires Improvement
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This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.

Admissions

Can I get my child into this school?

This school is in Southampton. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.

Results vs local authority and England

This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.

RWM expected
47%
+5pp
LA
57%
England
63%
53%48%42%
'17'18'19'23'24'25
RWM higher
4%
+3pp
LA
7%
England
8%
4%2%0%
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Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
62%
Reading higher standard
30%
Writing expected standard
68%
Writing higher standard
6%
Maths expected standard
61%
Maths higher standard
18%
Science expected standard
65%
SPAG expected standard
58%
LA AVG 67%
SPAG higher standard
19%
LA AVG 23%
Reading scaled score
103.0
LA AVG 104.4
Maths scaled score
103.0
LA AVG 103.36
GPS scaled score
102.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
347
cap. 360
356342327
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
Pupil : teacher ratio
21.4
LA AVG 21.21:1
24.321.117.8
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EAL
80%
LA AVG 31.32%
96%88%80%
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FSM eligible
43%
LA AVG 37.71%
43%36%29%
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SEN
23%
LA AVG 19.48%
25%18%12%
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Overall absence
7%
LA
6%
England
5%
7%6%4%
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Persistent absence
25%
LA
17%
England
13%
26%16%7%
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Overview

AddressMount Pleasant Road, Southampton, SO14 0WZ
Telephone02380223634
Local authoritySouthampton
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio21.4:1
Religious characterDoes not apply
Finance£6752 spend / pupil£6637 income / pupil2024-25 · CFRView on FBIT

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.Cohort
2024/2547%4%347
2023/2442%1%347
2022/2347%2%-1.00-0.20-0.80356
2018/1944%0%-1.00-0.50-1.70343
2017/1845%3%-1.00-2.50+1.40338
2016/1753%4%-2.20-3.20+0.90346
More fields
YearReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreSEN
2024/2562%30%68%6%61%18%65%58%103.0103.0102.023%
2023/2457%14%58%1%64%15%72%58%101.0102.0101.024%
2022/2359%16%63%2%65%12%72%63%101.0102.0101.020%
2018/1957%13%70%1%57%8%71%63%101.0101.0103.012%
2017/1859%19%57%4%75%15%72%67%101.0103.0103.014%
2016/1761%10%61%9%81%22%66%69%101.0105.0103.013%

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2534721.423%80%43%7%25%
2023/2434723.124%83%40%7%22%
2022/2335617.820%88%41%7%26%
2021/2232819.916%95%41%7%25%
2020/2132723.016%96%40%
2018/1934322.912%96%29%4%7%
2017/1833824.314%94%30%4%8%
2016/1734622.213%94%35%4%10%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.