St Mark's Church of England School | School performance | Sipuha
sipuha
Tap to load interactive map
EnglandSouth EastSouthamptonSO15 5TESt Mark's Church of England School
All-through

St Mark's Church of England School

All-through

Southampton · Southampton · SO15 5TE https://www.stmarksschool.co.uk/

Pupils
969
cap. 1,320
Ages
4 - 16
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school
63%
RWM expected · 2024/25
12%
RWM higher · 2024/25
969
Pupils · 2024/25
43%
EAL · 2024/25
22%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
63%
RWM expected · 2024/25
12%
RWM higher · 2024/25
969
Pupils · 2024/25
43%
EAL · 2024/25
22%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Good

Ofsted inspection · 18/10/2022

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authoritySouthampton
PhaseAll-through
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio19.7:1
AdmissionsNot applicable
Religious characterChurch of England
StatusOpen

Overview of St Mark's Church of England School · All-through · Southampton

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard
63%
-3pp
66%61%56%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 63%
RWM higher standard
12%
+2pp
12%7%2%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 12%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
83%
Reading higher standard
32%
Writing expected standard
76%
Writing higher standard
15%
Maths expected standard
73%
Maths higher standard
29%
Science expected standard
81%
SPAG expected standard
68%
SPAG higher standard
27%
Reading scaled score
105.0
Maths scaled score
104.0
GPS scaled score
104.0

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.

View full history

Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
969
Pupil : teacher ratio
19.7
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
43%
FSM eligible
47%
SEN
15%
Overall absence
8%
Persistent absence
22%

Contact

Address
Stafford Road, Shirley, Southampton, SO15 5TE
Local authority
Southampton
Telephone
Email

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 exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.SENCohort
2024/2563%12%83%32%76%15%73%29%81%68%105.0104.0104.015%969
2023/2466%10%71%28%83%17%78%28%88%72%104.0105.0105.018%779
2022/2365%10%70%28%85%15%83%30%85%65%104.0106.0104.0+0.30+2.80+3.1018%599
2018/1961%10%71%17%78%18%68%21%88%69%102.0103.0102.0+1.40+2.30+1.2021%440
2017/1856%2%71%20%69%4%75%16%87%67%103.0103.0103.0+3.00+0.10+2.2028%457
2016/1750%4%63%22%63%7%67%20%76%67%102.0104.0105.0+1.90+1.70+2.8026%485

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.

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

YearGCSE 9–4GCSE 5+Attainment 8Progress 8EBacc entryEBacc APSEBacc lang entryCohort
2024/25Not publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot applicableNot publishedNot publishedNot published969
2023/24Not publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published779
2022/23Not publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published599
2021/22Not publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published412

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2596920.115%43%47%8%22%
2023/2477921.318%44%43%7%20%
2022/2359920.018%48%41%6%17%
2021/2241220.816%58%40%6%19%
2020/2137019.117%56%38%
2018/1944019.621%65%29%4%11%
2017/1845718.428%66%27%5%11%
2016/1748520.026%61%24%5%13%

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